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 this thread morphed from How Important is URL Naming? which is located in the SEO/M categoryWritten by Magnus Brättemark March 17, 2006
"Google and Yahoo both support 301 redirects for links." - Ian Smith, LED Digest 2118
Hi Ian,
Thanks for the advice. I don't know if I'm wrong, but I have understood
that to make a 301 redirect my site has to be hosted on an apache
server. Unfortunately (in this case) my site is on an ISS server. Is
there a solution also for that server, or do I have to move?
Best regards,
Magnus Brättemark
alfatravelguide.com
Written by John Barendrecht March 20, 2006
"Unfortunately (in this case) my site is on an ISS server. Is there a solution also for that server, or do I have to move?" - Magnus Brättemark
Don't apologize for being on an IIS server, over 50% of the Fortune 500
companies use IIS, you’re in good company. A 301 redirect is easy on
IIS:
Go to Computer Management | Web Sites | yourwebsite
Right click on file or folder | Properties
Choose file you want to redirect to and check "permanent
redirect"
I also do 302 (temporary redirects) and URL spell checking. For
page names if you leave off the extension or type html instead of htm,
I’ll still serve the right page. Type index.php or any 1,2 or 3 letters
for an extension and we’ll still show home page. Some of my page names
use an underscore but if you substitute a space, dash, or equal sign,
we’ll still serve the right page. Put an extra or wrong letter in a
page name and we’ll fix it for you. Type in zero, one, two or 4 w’s for
domain name instead of 3, no problem. You should always try to make your site user friendly. People
guess at page names but are horrible spellers. Don’t give them a 404
error page, try to correct the error if at all possible.
If I’d known in 1996 what I know now, I would have had a different
directory structure and page names. But redirects and spell checking
helps to alleviate problems. As for the look and feel, that was cutting
edge in 96 but I’m thinking of a redesign for its 10th birthday.
Best regards,
John Barendrecht
Centralhome.com Company Inc.
Written by Viggie Bala March 20, 2006 301 redirect is not restricted to Apache server. You can do it in Windows IIS Server (it's IIS, not ISS). But admittedly 301 redirect is not as simple in IIS as in Apache. I've searched "301 redirect in IIS server" in Google (without quotes) and found many useful pages. Here is one particularly useful page on IIS 301 redirects. To complete a 301 redirect in IIS you need admin access to the server. If you don't have admin access to the server, you can still do the 301 redirect, but your pages need to run in ASP. Here are step by step details for redirecting URLs with ASP.
Regards,
Viggie Bala
Helping Websites to Work
viggie.com
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