301 .htaccess Redirect
Sep 15, 2006 40 Comments
After the implementation of WordPress, some of the URLs and paths on this site have changed. To prevent getting 404 File Not Found error (traffic coming from links, bookmarks and search engines), I use .htaccess 301 redirect. Htaccess redirect is better than the meta refresh or redirect tag because there is no delay as the browser reads the .htaccess file first. Here is how it works.
Go to your site’s root folder, download the .htaccess file to your local computer and edit it with a plain-text editor (ie. Notepad). If you are using FTP Client software and you don’t see any .htaccess file on your server, double check your setting and make sure you have turn on invisible / system files.
To Redirect Certain Page(s):
Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.yoursite.com/newpage.html
Redirect 301 /oldpage2.html http://www.yoursite.com/folder/To Redirect Entire Site:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/Collapse All
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Feb 03, 2010 @ 07:12:19
Muzika
Very useful tutorial, but maybe you could add more methods for 301 redirect …
Feb 17, 2010 @ 09:52:09
Weddings Fashion
man i even can understand the function of httaccess :)
Feb 17, 2010 @ 09:52:43
Weddings Fashion
sorry i want to say “man i even can’t understand the function of httaccess :)
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Feb 21, 2010 @ 12:40:30
euro sport news
Thank you for this useful turtorial. As others i think you can put more example about .htaccess.
Good works.
Feb 24, 2010 @ 14:46:39
HighPoint SEO
Good tutorial on the basics, but can you supply the entire code? Does this rewrite condition need to present for the code to work?
(RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}
redirect 301 / http://URL.com)
Feb 27, 2010 @ 18:40:34
Jake Wright
Great tutorial, nice and simple. :)
First tutorial I’ve found which works for redirecting my old domains properly.
Mar 03, 2010 @ 05:47:33
hilikus
this is great,
if you have more than one site on your server and want to apply it to all, then this code also works in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
if the change in url is only temporary, then use 302 instead on 301, this will make sure search engines keep your original url indexed.
I use this technique on my Xbox Gaming Website – theLostnFound.co.uk
Mar 05, 2010 @ 11:50:05
Jeff
Yes this is *exactly* what l was looking for! Thanks so much for your help!
Mar 17, 2010 @ 17:30:08
Nathan W. Bingham
Thanks for this tutorial. Quick question though. How would you code the .htaccess to get it to redirect all http://domain.com/?tag=sampletag to http://domain.com/tag/sampletag?
Thanks. I’ve hunted all over the place and not found the answer.
Apr 02, 2010 @ 01:00:45
hr-software-solutions.com
thanks great simple to understand post
Jun 06, 2010 @ 02:28:21
polskie biuro ksiegowe
This is what I need – thank you. Really simple, easy to use and quick!
Jul 09, 2010 @ 21:56:36
arya
Can you please add more tutorial for 301 redirect old domain name to new domain name ?
Jul 12, 2010 @ 23:56:38
SEO Service UK
Can u provide me code for html pages?
how to write code for redirect?
Jul 14, 2010 @ 09:24:41
design
yes it is very important to redirect the pages for seo
Jul 15, 2010 @ 06:56:55
web development
Thanks for shoving a useful information on 301 redirection. It will helps many users who wants to redirect to new domain.
Jul 15, 2010 @ 14:36:30
email disclaimer
Nice, i was thinking of adding the 301 redirect to my htaccess, and you’ve really simplified it.
Jul 20, 2010 @ 05:44:08
Amit
Nice blog it is maintained good. Thanks for the useful information on 301 redirection.
Jul 21, 2010 @ 02:15:11
Seo
You may use 301 or, now you can use google webmaster tools. With this tool you can, change your site. I think if you use win server, google webmaster tool is better.
Jul 23, 2010 @ 06:05:24
anuj
thanks for such nice post
regards
Anuj
http://www.winservers.co.in/
Aug 04, 2010 @ 23:11:59
Sohbet
Thanks a lot to help me
Aug 16, 2010 @ 01:08:29
ramesh
Thanks you very much i was looking for this info
May 03, 2011 @ 06:52:33
vimal
Thanks for shoving a useful information on 301 redirection. It will helps many users who wants to redirect to new domain. i have tried it
Sep 26, 2010 @ 02:33:15
Ayman
i got i redirect loop with
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/
what can me do ?
Nov 05, 2010 @ 13:09:37
Shane
Ayman – Your redirecting into the same directory causing it to again redirect instead of:
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/
try
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/somepage.html
Oct 23, 2010 @ 09:03:00
dotSense
i got this code in somewhere
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
is this “Options +FollowSymlinks” necessary?
Nov 06, 2010 @ 13:38:00
Henrik
Thanks,
Has now been implemented into my .htaccess
Nov 29, 2010 @ 13:19:22
DieselxXx
20 examples of .htaccess http://thetech.com.ua/?p=1243
Mar 02, 2011 @ 16:07:30
roman
Short and understandable.
Mar 15, 2011 @ 12:43:13
Website Design
Thanks for sharing. I have a question however, when i create a redirect for /index.php http://www.example.com/ , the index.php is still present when i click on a link for index.php? Is there a better way to rewrite your index files, so there is no duplicate content indexed in google? (ie, site.com/index.php and site.com/)
May 06, 2011 @ 14:35:52
Curcuna
You may use 301 or, now you can use google webmaster tools. With this tool you can, change your site. I think if you use win server, google webmaster tool is better.
Sep 24, 2011 @ 01:50:20
Mayur Shah
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
Is this generic code to use for more then one old pages to re-direct on new page?
Sep 24, 2011 @ 01:51:56
Sam
Hi,
I was looking this articles and seems my solutions here but can anyone let me know if I have more then one pages to re-direct what should I have to do simple add all pages in htaccess file?
Thank you
Jan 23, 2012 @ 00:36:50
vfundude
thanks , its work….i have use it on my, after one day search i find it.
May 02, 2012 @ 00:55:04
Youval Katz
That was very Useful for me, Thanks
May 11, 2012 @ 12:44:38
Craig
Does anyone know how it works with images? Can you use this redirect method for images like so:
Redirect 301 /pic.jpg http://www.yoursite.com/folder/pic.jpg
I know there are other alternatives to fix my problem, but simply need a yes or no answer. Thanks guys
May 15, 2012 @ 02:01:56
Alex Zagoumenov
Thanks guys! That’s the simplest and the most concise article on 301-redirects through .htaccess file I’ve ever seen. Thanks for being straight and to the point.
May 29, 2012 @ 13:00:57
Marino
Hi, i need a huge HELP from you guys,
we have an old site .NET and .COM
all content which is now on .NET use to be like a mirror on .COM but main domain always was and still is .COM
on .COM we have new similar content but completely new structure of links and database.
we made some redirect table which redirects all old indexed content from OLD .COM to new similar pages on NEW.COM
Example:
link for .NET is http://app.adriahome.com/hotels-dubrovnik-old
if you change .NET for .COM you will be redirected to NEW.COM
here: http://app.adriahome.com/hotels-dubrovnik-new
My question is:
if .NET is like mirror as OLD.COM if I rewrite complete domain .NET to .COM will be like double redirect to the NEW.COM with 301 redirect rule
WILL my pages NEW.COM will be penalized for that?
i’m using:
rewritecond %{http_host} ^www\.adriahome\.co\.uk [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ “http\:\/\/www\.adriahome\.com” [R=301,L]
this is because http://www.adriahome.co.uk/destinations-croatia and lot of content onb redirected domains was already indexed like mirror same as http://www.adriahome.com/destinations-croatia
Do you think is better to made conversion table directly from .NET to NEW.COM ?
Thank you for any feedback!
Marino
Jun 13, 2012 @ 04:15:31
Paul
From trial and error eventually found that with the simple command for redirecting the entire site,
Redirect 301 / http://www.new-site.com/
each sub page will also redirect to the sub page if you have the same file structure. So for example in our case
http://www.polarisworldinvestor.com/resorts/mar-menor.php
redirected to:
http://www.polarisworld.info/resorts/mar-menor.php
and so on for all our pages on the old domain.
This ensures your SEO value passes from each individual page to each new individual page rather than everything into the home page.
Jun 26, 2012 @ 02:36:23
James
I did some research and found Therese different answers regarding with 301 redirect. Should i use the following codes:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}
[L,R=301]
Oct 16, 2012 @ 09:29:37
Conversion Optimization
Hey guys! straight to the point; rather, straight to the solutions – good job.
I think for small websites, these are the only 2 you’ll need… and hopefully they weren’t using something like “index.php?page=contact” to call a page!
cheers,
King