A Summary of 301 Redirect Knowledge

Redirects, Url-rewriting, changing and moving sites, and purchasing new sites are all hot topics in the world of SEO. These are things that you don’t want to make too many mistakes on, so you have better know them well even if you can’t necessarily do them yourself. A mistake in this area can wipe out months or even years of hard work very quickly. They can also make a huge difference if understood and applied correctly. I am constantly asked questions about redirects, and constantly trying to improve my own understanding of the subject. For these reasons I have put together what I found to be the best information for a “Redirect Knowledgebase”.

There’s a lot more out there than this, but I’m sure if you’re lookin’ for redirect info, you can dig the web a bit.

• 301’s and site age
• Redirects for fun and profit
• Redirecting non-www to www version of your site
• Warning against 301’s
• Re-branding vs. Re-sandboxing
• Revisiting hijacking and redirects
• Guide to applying redirects in Apache
• Lost in Google…after 301
• Google 301 club
• Will a 301’d site get re-sandboxed?
• Cleaning up canonical redirects

Try out the URL rewriting tools along with all that tasty 301 deliciousness.

Todd Malicoat

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