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How to 301 redirect in this situation

by bonch
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Hello, I'm currently redoing our site and was wondering how to redirect the english page (which is the homepage with no directory) to the new language (De) and the german one to the homepage (with no directory).
Is the following correct:
Redirect 301 /de /
Redirect 301 / /en
or will everything go wrong here? Thanks!
#301 #redirect #seo #situation
  • Profile picture of the author thebert
    Firstly, you may NOT want a 301 redirect, but a 302. Check this out:
    Language Detection redirect: 301 or 302? | Moz Q&A

    Secondly, I'm not exactly sure is you're talking about an htaccess redirect or something else. If you can be a little more specific on how you're planning to do the redirection, let us know.

    Lastly, use this url to ensure you've got it right:
    http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php

    Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I'm guessing you care about English traffic or you wouldn't have an English page to begin with, so, keep all the pages intact & use canonical tags. Forget the redirects.
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  • Profile picture of the author bonch
    Hmm, let me try to explain the situation better.
    The English part site used to be .de. I have now built a new site where all the English content is at /en.
    There is new content on the entire site and not a single page is the same anymore (nor its url).
    Additionally the English content is not a direct translation of the German, so I don't think canonical is correct to use.

    EDIT: And yes im talking about htaccess redirect
    EDIT2: Sorry i meant only 301 redirect /de to / as /de doesn't exist anymore
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