[thelist] 301 Redirect or...
Brian Cummiskey
Brian at hondaswap.com
Mon Nov 7 16:14:24 CST 2005
Megan Holbrook wrote:
> Pringle, Ron wrote:
>
>
>>Should I be creating 301 permanent redirects for main sections of content or
>>just let the old links die a peaceful death and wait for the search engines
>>to re-index?
>
>
> It might be a better use of your time to customize your 404 message to
> include information about the site redevelopment, and suggest pages on
> the site that might help them find what they're looking for (i.e., site
> map, search, etc.).
Or take it a step fruther, and do a redirect FROM the 404. For example:
test.html has become test.asp
so, test.html -> 404.shtml -> redirects to test.asp
then if it STILL doesn't exist, it will return to the 404 page once again.
Tracking it with a cookie or a session of some sort will be necessary to
avoid endless re-directs.
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