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Redirect Types?

by Johnletton
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Redirect Types and its advantages, disadvantages with detail as far as search engine is concerned.
#redirect #types
  • Profile picture of the author RevSEO
    99% of the time you'll be dealing with 301 redirects as they let the search engines know that a page/domain is no longer their and has moved to a new URL/domain.

    It is very very rare that you'd use a 302.
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    • Profile picture of the author Piyush1
      Each time you make a request to a server it will respond with a HTTP header, and that may then be followed by some HTML content (or a PDF, text, image, or whatever file).
      If the HTTP header includes "200 OK" then that will be followed by a page of content. The URL was valid. That URL will be indexed by search engines.
      If the HTTP header includes "301 Moved" then the next line of the header will be the URL that the browser now needs to ask for to get to the content. The "301" is "Moved Permanently". The browser now re-requests the new URL and it is that target URL that will be indexed by search engines (just as long as it returns a "200 OK" code when you get there).
      If the header includes "302 Temporarily Moved" then the next line will be the temporary URL of where the content is. The search engine will list the initial URL for the content, as the redirect points to a temporary location.
      If you have multiple URLs that all return the same content with "200" status, then you confuse the search engine. Use the 301 redirect to tell them which one you want indexed, while allowing anyone to access the content through all the other publised URLs that exist. The most basic form is non-www vs. www versions of a site. It also applies where you have .com and .net having the same content, or long and short versions of a company name etc. Use the 301 redirect to fix things.
      If the header includes "404" then the URL should no longer be indexed. There is no page at that location.
      Use a program like WebBug to confirm that your site returns the correct status code for the various types of pages that you have.
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  • Profile picture of the author Logo Design
    Current I am using 301 redirect forms, to redirect the previous page to new page. But there are many redirect form. Some of them are giving below.

    URL Redirection
    The URL redirection service is also popular as URL redirect, URL redirecting, URL forwarding, domain redirection and domain forwarding. In all of the cases it refers to one and the same web technique for pointing a web page to another URL of your choice.

    Basic URL Redirection Types

    Permanent redirection: 301 – this URL redirection is used in cases when the URL for a certain website/web page has been changed for a long-term period. Its main purpose is to automatically redirect any references to the outdated URL of a certain page to its new web address. Through the 301 redirect website owners can preserve the relevance of any existing external links to their store.

    Temporary redirection: 302 – you will need a 302 redirection in cases when a certain URL has been changed to a different address temporarily. The 302 redirect tells anyone trying to access a certain URL that it is temporarily unavailable and automatically send them to a new valid address. With the 302 redirection set, the owner asks users to continue using the new address until modified at a later time.

    Redirection: 303 – in contrast to the 301 and 302 redirects, the 303 redirect is not used for making a substitute reference for the originally requested URL. Its main purpose is to redirect a certain URL request to another URL, which is not a substitute of the originally requested source, but a separate web page. This redirect is often used by e-commerce stores for redirecting visitors to a 'Thank you' page after filling in an order page.

    Gone status code: 410 – this redirection status is used when a certain web page has been removed on purpose and the users need to be informed that its URL is permanently unavailable and no substitute reference is necessary for it. Thus, all incoming request to this URL will receive a response that the requested page does not exist anymore.
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