Comments on: 301 Redirects for Apache Servers – Linux 301 Redirect Advice http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux.html Web.com Search Agency's Blog about SEO, SEM and other Online Marketing topics Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Web.com http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-78 Web.com Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:33:51 +0000 http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux-301-redirect-advice.html#comment-78 Hi Lorne and thanks for the comment. Yes it is frustrating when a hosting company has this limitation.<br /><br />If you are looking at doing 301 redirects within the same domain, you can implement the "canonical link element" which Matt Cutts has referred to as a mini 301 redirect. Again, that would only work if wanting to redirect a url to another url within the same domain. Good luck! Hi Lorne and thanks for the comment. Yes it is frustrating when a hosting company has this limitation.

If you are looking at doing 301 redirects within the same domain, you can implement the "canonical link element" which Matt Cutts has referred to as a mini 301 redirect. Again, that would only work if wanting to redirect a url to another url within the same domain. Good luck!

]]> By: Lorne Pike http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-79 Lorne Pike Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:36:17 +0000 http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux-301-redirect-advice.html#comment-79 Sadly, redirection to a new url by using the .htaccess file is sometimes prevented by the host not enabling that capability, as you suggest in the post. In that regrettable situation, the host company will sometimes offer their own redirection service, but it will not deliver the SEO benefits of a proper 301 redirect. Fight hard, and hopefully they'll concede and enable the capability. But ultimately, the skills needed for this situation will probably be far greater than those needed for even the most complex coding. In the meantime, let's hope that such hosting companies will become less protective and more supportive. Sadly, redirection to a new url by using the .htaccess file is sometimes prevented by the host not enabling that capability, as you suggest in the post. In that regrettable situation, the host company will sometimes offer their own redirection service, but it will not deliver the SEO benefits of a proper 301 redirect. Fight hard, and hopefully they'll concede and enable the capability. But ultimately, the skills needed for this situation will probably be far greater than those needed for even the most complex coding. In the meantime, let's hope that such hosting companies will become less protective and more supportive.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux.html/comment-page-1#comment-80 Anonymous Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:10 +0000 http://www.submitawebsite.com/blog/2009/07/301-redirects-for-apache-servers-linux-301-redirect-advice.html#comment-80 Here is something useful.<br /><br />This will run down the 3 criteria first, redirecting to a specific location. If none of the first three are applicable, the user just gets redirected to the homepage of the new site<br /><br />Redirect 301 /page2.html http://www.newdomain.com/page2.html<br />Redirect 301 /any_dir http://www.newdomain.com/any_dir<br />Redirect 301 /pic.jpg http://www.newdomain.com/pic.jpg<br />RedirectMatch (.*) http://www.newdomain.com Here is something useful.

This will run down the 3 criteria first, redirecting to a specific location. If none of the first three are applicable, the user just gets redirected to the homepage of the new site

Redirect 301 /page2.html http://www.newdomain.com/page2.html
Redirect 301 /any_dir http://www.newdomain.com/any_dir
Redirect 301 /pic.jpg http://www.newdomain.com/pic.jpg
RedirectMatch (.*) http://www.newdomain.com

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