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302 & 301 redirects & SEO

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Topic: 302 & 301 redirects & SEO

Posted By: marketabilities
Subject: 302 & 301 redirects & SEO
Date Posted: 03-November-2011 at 9:10pm

Our SEO person asked if I would turn 302 redirects into 301 redirects. I'm wondering if this will mess anything up in product cart. Here are a couple of examples of what he would like me to change. Any input is appreciated.

Example 1: 302 redirect: http://www.mostlychocolate.com/store/pc/custpref.asp
make into 301 redirect to: http://www.mostlychocolate.com/store/pc/Checkout.asp?cmode=1

Example 2: 302 redirect: http://www.mostlychocolate.com/store/pc/instPrd.asp?idproduct=1&pSubscriptionID=0 make into 301 redirect to: http://www.mostlychocolate.com/store/pc/viewCart.asp?cs=1

Thanks Again, Stephanie

Replies:

Posted By: whizzinpc
Date Posted: 04-November-2011 at 9:52pm

It makes sense to do a 301 redirect if its a permanent redirect. If you have no plans to remove the redirect then you make it a 301. 301 means permanent redirect. For custpref.asp redirect in your example it is the correct url... the redirect happens because a customer has to login first before they can view that page... so I wouldn't mess with that... and the instprd.asp redirect happens when adding to cart and it's necessary. I wouldn't mess with any of those.

Posted By: Hamish
Date Posted: 05-November-2011 at 3:55am

Don't redirect either page! Your SEO person doesn't seem to understand what those pages are.

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