301 redirect htaccess help

Hi all

I'm trying to permanently 301 redirect an old page to a newer version with the following in my .htaccess:

Redirect 301 /web-design.html http://www.mydomain-name.co.uk/new-web-design.html

which at first I thought was working but it's also redirecting:

/anotherpage-web-design.html to http://www.mydomain-name.co.uk/new-web-design.html

If anyone can post the correct markup I'd be thankful!?

RewriteRule ^web-design.html$ http://www.domainname.com/new-web-design.html [R=301,L]

Thats what i use

Quote from: Tyreal2012 at Mar 13, 2014, 08:49 AM

RewriteRule ^web-design.html$ http://www.domainname.com/new-web-design.html [R=301,L]

Thats what i use

Perfect! works like a charm! thanks ;-)

Is this SEO proof?

I would like to have my homepage not as www.sitename.com but always like www.sitename.com/rotterdam-development.html

At the moment google says, hey thats duplicate content!
or should I better use a canonical link?
Did anyone used that already?

Would this do it when I set this on the homepage?

Hiya,

Not sure tbh, i use that solely for rewriting urls from one to another

ive never had the homepage as anything other than www.sitename.com

when you add an alias to your homepage like home or whatever then: site.com/ is the same page as site.com/home
google see it as duplicate content as what I think is whats happening.

but actually this is a other subject. your 301 redirect works.

@fourroses666

1) www.sitename.com it would be better for seo
2) but if you prefer sitename.com/rotterdam-development.html - yes, canonical url will solve google webmaster tool duplicate content


@canman
Try Virtual Alias or NGRedirect plugin instead .htacess redirect

http://www.stanback.net/code/modx/virtual-aliases.html

http://modx.com/extras/package/ngredirect

Quote from: fourroses666 at Mar 21, 2014, 09:25 AM

Would this do it when I set this on the homepage?

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.sitename.com/rotterdam-development.html">

<link rel="canonical" href="[(site_url)][~1~]">

You may or may not be aware of this but you can set the "Site start" in the system configuration.

Quote: "Enter the ID of the Resource you want to use as homepage here. NOTE: make sure this ID you enter belongs to an existing Resource, and that it has been published!"

I haven't tried this but give it a go

If it doesn't fully work, then use a combination of canonical and site start

My canonical call:

@banzai, Why would with-out be better? I think adding an url to the home will be better for seo, but maybe it doesn't matter that much. The only thing I don't like about it is that it doesn't look that nice.

@iusemodx, I know about the site start offcourse, but when linking in a resourse to the homepage the "full" url pops up. So if I'm right you always need to add the canonical link to correct this for Google (duplicate content). I think your call is correct, thanks!