Re: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question

date posted 21st February 2003 12:18

Looks good. That 404 solution is just what I am after!
Thanks a lot, Darran

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From: "Darran Shepherd" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM SEO page rename question


> > Maybe the best option is to copy all new pages into old-name
> > pages, with no links into old names - that way the old ones
> > should disappear with time? If someone dives into an old
> > subpage, not end of world, old links will put them
> > into new site & all new links. Later I will delete old pages.
> >
> > Old Book marks? Well, they can navigate from 404 page.
> >
> > Would welcome comments please.
>
> I would say that the answer lies with the HTTP Status code 301 (Moved).
> This means you can tell search engines and browsers that the page has moved
> by sending a response in the form of:
> HTTP/1.0 301 Moved
> Location: /path/to/new/file.html
>
> There are two pretty easy ways of implementing this. 1 involves creating an
> asp/php/etc. file that has the same name as each of the old files and use it
> to explicitly output the redirection.
>
> Alternatively, you could implement a custom 404 page as a script and have it
> look up the request uri. If it's an old page, redirect to the new one using
> a 301 status code. If it's not, just output the custom 404.
>
> For further info see:
> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.txt
> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/HTRESP.html
>
> Darran.
>
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