301 .htaccess Redirect
Sep 15, 2006 21 Comments
After the implementation of WordPress, some of the URLs and paths on this site have changed. To prevent getting 404 File Not Found error (traffic coming from links, bookmarks and search engines), I use .htaccess 301 redirect. Htaccess redirect is better than the meta refresh or redirect tag because there is no delay as the browser reads the .htaccess file first. Here is how it works.
Go to your site’s root folder, download the .htaccess file to your local computer and edit it with a plain-text editor (ie. Notepad). If you are using FTP Client software and you don’t see any .htaccess file on your server, double check your setting and make sure you have turn on invisible / system files.
To Redirect Certain Page(s):
Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.yoursite.com/newpage.html Redirect 301 /oldpage2.html http://www.yoursite.com/folder/To Redirect Entire Site:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/Collapse All
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Feb 03, 2010 7:12 am
Muzika
Very useful tutorial, but maybe you could add more methods for 301 redirect …
Feb 17, 2010 9:52 am
Weddings Fashion
man i even can understand the function of httaccess :)
Feb 17, 2010 9:52 am
Weddings Fashion
sorry i want to say “man i even can’t understand the function of httaccess :)
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Feb 21, 2010 12:40 pm
euro sport news
Thank you for this useful turtorial. As others i think you can put more example about .htaccess.
Good works.
Feb 24, 2010 2:46 pm
HighPoint SEO
Good tutorial on the basics, but can you supply the entire code? Does this rewrite condition need to present for the code to work?
(RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}
redirect 301 / http://URL.com)
Feb 27, 2010 6:40 pm
Jake Wright
Great tutorial, nice and simple. :)
First tutorial I’ve found which works for redirecting my old domains properly.
Mar 03, 2010 5:47 am
hilikus
this is great,
if you have more than one site on your server and want to apply it to all, then this code also works in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
if the change in url is only temporary, then use 302 instead on 301, this will make sure search engines keep your original url indexed.
I use this technique on my Xbox Gaming Website – theLostnFound.co.uk
Mar 05, 2010 11:50 am
Jeff
Yes this is *exactly* what l was looking for! Thanks so much for your help!
Mar 17, 2010 5:30 pm
Nathan W. Bingham
Thanks for this tutorial. Quick question though. How would you code the .htaccess to get it to redirect all http://domain.com/?tag=sampletag to http://domain.com/tag/sampletag?
Thanks. I’ve hunted all over the place and not found the answer.
Apr 02, 2010 1:00 am
hr-software-solutions.com
thanks great simple to understand post
Jun 06, 2010 2:28 am
polskie biuro ksiegowe
This is what I need – thank you. Really simple, easy to use and quick!
Jul 09, 2010 9:56 pm
arya
Can you please add more tutorial for 301 redirect old domain name to new domain name ?
Jul 12, 2010 11:56 pm
SEO Service UK
Can u provide me code for html pages?
how to write code for redirect?
Jul 14, 2010 9:24 am
design
yes it is very important to redirect the pages for seo
Jul 15, 2010 6:56 am
web development
Thanks for shoving a useful information on 301 redirection. It will helps many users who wants to redirect to new domain.
Jul 15, 2010 2:36 pm
email disclaimer
Nice, i was thinking of adding the 301 redirect to my htaccess, and you’ve really simplified it.
Jul 20, 2010 5:44 am
Amit
Nice blog it is maintained good. Thanks for the useful information on 301 redirection.
Jul 21, 2010 2:15 am
Seo
You may use 301 or, now you can use google webmaster tools. With this tool you can, change your site. I think if you use win server, google webmaster tool is better.
Jul 23, 2010 6:05 am
anuj
thanks for such nice post
regards
Anuj
http://www.winservers.co.in/
Aug 04, 2010 11:11 pm
Sohbet
Thanks a lot to help me
Aug 16, 2010 1:08 am
ramesh
Thanks you very much i was looking for this info