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Web Site Redirection - How to Implement a 301 Redirect
By Herman Drost
Design Agency Manchester The old website that was created by a Design Agency Manchester has served you proud for the past 2 years and when you first started up in business it was just what you needed to give you an immediate online presence. That was then and this is now, a few years down the line, and the time is right to enhance the current site to reflect your business growth. As the business has developed you are receiving more telephone calls from potential customers asking you to provide them with further details about the services and goods that you supply. This is one area where the website could work on your behalf as a few additional pages could be added with that contained useful information. Therefore you have been in touch with the Design Agency Manchester that helped to create your original site. They did a fabulous job first time around and ppeople always give you positive comments about your site. With this in mind you have asked the Design Agency Manchester to provide you with a larger package. They`ll be designing a new 6-10 page website that will provide your customers of old and new with far greater detail about your firm and the products and services that it provides. Web Link Alliance Partners - Top Search Engine Ranking Solution For Your Client Websites From Web Link Alliance Partner with Web Link Alliance to add Search Engine Optimization to your product offering. Top Search Engine Rankings with minimal changes to your client websites through a system of web services and a link exchange program where you can Purchase Links directly.
What is a 301 redirect? It is used when you want to redirect your web site or web pages. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently". After the code, the URL of the missing or renamed page is noted, followed by a space, then followed by the new location or file name. Requirements for using a 301 redirect Apache server. .htaccess file How do I implement a 301 redirect? 1. Create an .htaccess file - you can use Notepad to create the file. Remember to insert a period at the beginning of the file name with no extension at the end (ie .htaccess). 2. Create a line of code that reads like this: Redirect permanent / http://www.domainname.com/ The first "/" indicates that everything from the top level of the site down should be redirected. All current links within the search engine results from the old site will redirect to the top level of your new site. If you already have an .htaccess file on your server, open it up in Notepad and look for lines of code that are there. If lines of code are present, don`t change any of them but leave a space, then insert the above 301 redirect code. 3. Save the .htaccess file to your root directory and upload it to your server. 4. Test it out by typing in the old web site address. You should immediately be redirected to your new web site address. Redirecting a Web Page The above example shows how to redirect a whole web site. What if you want to just redirect a web page that you have changed but want to keep the rankings of the old page? Follow the same steps as above but write the code like this: redirect 301 /old/old.htm http://www.you.com/new.htm /old/old.htm (the original folder path and file name) http://www.you.com/new.htm (new path and file name) Note: Conclusion: 
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