Bad practice for a redirect?

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1

Hi all,

I have just created a new image gallery using Word Press which is linked to from lots of different pages from within the existing Freeway based site.

Is it bad practice to just put a Redirect permanent within the htaccess code to take the old links to the new page, or should I really go through the Freeway document and change the many links to go directly to the new page?

Thanks in advance

Jonathan

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As long as you give a 301 redirect you are on the safe side.

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Basically I just did:

Redirect permanent /old-url.php http://www.new-url.php

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When using

Redirect 301 /old-url.php http://www.new-url.php

your redirected pages keep their ranking.

You could also include some PHP before HTML to get the same effect.

<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" ); 
Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" ); 
?>

Test here to check if you did it right http://301redirect.se/

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Seems to be OK on that test site. Useful link thanks. As far as my research goes, Redirect permanent and Redirect 301 are one and the same thing.

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Did not know that, thanks!

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Well I am far from all knowledgeable on such things, but I looked again today and it does amount to the same thing, with your example of Redirect 301 sitting in the same example as Redirect permanent, so it should be fine.

Thanks for your help.

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