The following tutorial shows how to create a 301
redirect script for your website.
301 Redirect
301 redirect is the most efficient and
Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It's not that hard to
implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular
page. If you have to change file names or move pages around, it's the safest
option. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently".
Below are a Couple of methods to
implement URL Redirection
IIS Redirect
- In internet services manager, right click on the file or folder you wish
to redirect
- Select the radio titled "a redirection to a URL".
- Enter the redirection page
- Check "The exact url entered above" and the "A permanent redirection for
this resource"
- Click on 'Apply'
ColdFusion Redirect
<.cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved
permanently">
<.cfheader name="Location" value="http://www.new-url.com">
PHP Redirect
<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" );
?>
ASP Redirect
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www.new-url.com/");
%>
ASP .NET Redirect
<script runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www.new-url.com");
}
</script>
JSP (Java) Redirect
<%
response.setStatus(301);
response.setHeader( "Location", "http://www.new-url.com/" );
response.setHeader( "Connection", "close" );
%>
CGI PERL Redirect
$q = new CGI;
print $q->redirect("http://www.new-url.com/");
Ruby on Rails Redirect
def old_action
headers["Status"] = "301 Moved Permanently"
redirect_to "http://www.new-url.com/"
end
Redirect Old domain to New domain (htaccess
redirect)
Create a .htaccess file with the below
code, it will ensure that all your directories and pages of your old domain will
get correctly redirected to your new domain.
The .htaccess file needs to be placed in the root directory of your old website
(i.e the same directory where your index file is placed)
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Please REPLACE www.newdomain.com in the
above code with your actual domain name.
In addition to the redirect I would
suggest that you contact every backlinking site to modify their backlink to
point to your new website.
Note* This .htaccess method of
redirection works ONLY on Linux servers having the Apache Mod-Rewrite moduled
enabled.
Create a .htaccess file with the below
code, it will ensure that all requests coming in to domain.com will get
redirected to www.domain.com
The .htaccess file needs to be placed in the root directory of your old website
(i.e the same directory where your index file is placed)
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
Please REPLACE domain.com and
www.newdomain.com with your actual domain name.
Note* This .htaccess method of
redirection works ONLY on Linux servers having the Apache Mod-Rewrite moduled
enabled.
How to Redirect HTML
Please refer to section titled 'How to
Redirect with htaccess', if your site is hosted on a Linux Server and 'IIS
Redirect', if your site is hosted on a Windows Server.
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