They're both permanent redirects - same HTTP code 301 - and thus they should be treated the same by spiders & crawlers.
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Register Today on DNForum IT'S FREE!After a server migration, I discovered the version of CPanel provided by a certain Hosting service started writing permanent redirects to the .htaccess file in this format:
RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://www.redirectedurl.com/
The only form I saw before was:
Redirect permanent / http://www.redirectedurl.com/
So, will this new "RedirectMatch" format result in a search engine penalty for sites to which a number of domains are redirected, or will it preserve the immunity from penalty afforded by the earlier and simpler form? Thanks in advance to anyone who knows the answer.
They're both permanent redirects - same HTTP code 301 - and thus they should be treated the same by spiders & crawlers.
Thanks for your reply. I figured the answer might be something like that and focus on the 'permanent' part, but I'm not taking any chances with this after having once had a site go from page 1 to the land that time forgot.
Actually, one is a 302 "temporary" redirect and the other is a 301 "permanent" redirect. They are both unique HTTP codes...and 301 is the ideal choice.
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You can put this in your .htaccess file
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^toberedirected.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://wheretoberedirected.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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Good solution if you want a domain to be redirected to a sub-domain or vice versa.
It is a 301 permanent redirect often used to combine PR.
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