Glossary

A glossary of Search Engine Marketing Terms

301 Status
Moved Permanently – The file has been moved permanently to a new location. See: W3C HTTP 1.1 Status Code Definitions

301 Redirect
The preferred method of redirecting a page or site for SEO purposes.  On Apache servers you can redirect URLs in a .htaccess file or via in the header code of php, ruby on rails and other dynamic page languages. Most web hosts run on Apache. On Microsoft IIS servers you can redirect using ASP or ASP.net, or from within the internet manager.
.htaccess
A directory-level configuration file for Apache which can be used to redirect files.
See:
  • http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html
  • http://www.findmeingoogle.com/301-redirects-for-everyone/#htaccess

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