Tag: permanent redirection

Search engines see URLS with www and without www as different URLs. This can cause duplicate content issue and the link “votes” will be divided between two URLs. Impose your preferred URL format, either it’s with or without www, to avoid these problems and make your website more search engine friendly.

The search results of Google for the same keywords changed in just 30 minutes after I setup a 301 redirect. I didn’t know Google can be this fast.

Subdomains are treated by search engines as separate websites. Human visitors can also see this if the websites within the subdomains have different topics and overall appearance. Redirection between a subdomain and a domain, as well as between two subdomains are possible. Redirection from a subdomain requires separate .htaccess file located in the folder associated with that subdomain.

The 301 redirect in .htaccess file is used for redirection of incoming traffic from one domain to another. What if you want to redirect from one folder to another in the same domain? In different domains? From a domain’s root directory to one of its subdirectory and vice versa?

The 301 redirect is a method of redirecting traffic from an old domain to a new domain. The other methods of redirect are usually penalized by search engines because they are frequently used in black hat SEO tactics. On the other hand, search engines highly recommend the use of 301 redirect. Moreover, it is easier to setup because you need to edit only one file, the .htaccess.