Right, so they recommend using 301 for a permanent redirect but like I said, the bulk of our redirects (as far as I am aware) are used for Post Redirects which 301 isn't appropriate for.
Regards Scott On 26/06/2012, at 2:15 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=93633 > http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40132 > http://searchengineland.com/images/301-302-explained.gif > > HTH > > Jacques > > From: "Scott Gray" <scott.g...@hotwaxmedia.com> >> I think most of our redirects OOTB are used as a Post/Redirect/Get pattern >> for which 303 is best on HTTP 1.1 or 302 on HTTP 1.0 >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get >> >> Do you have a reference for your SEO best practices? Or alternatively do you >> have an example of where a 301 redirect would be more appropriate in the >> ecommerce app? >> >> Regards >> Scott >> >> On 25/06/2012, at 8:07 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >> >>> This is the easiest way to go, so I'm not against, no other opinions? >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>> From: "Adrian Crum" <adrian.c...@sandglass-software.com> >>>> A 301 permanent replacement makes sense to me. >>>> -Adrian >>>> On 6/22/2012 8:47 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Since all redirect response types (url, cross-redirect, request-redirect, >>>>> request-redirect-noparam) call HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect() through >>>>> RequestHandler.callRedirect(), all controllers redirections do 302 >>>>> redirections. >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_Redirection >>>>> >>>>> To keep short: >>>>> 301: permanent redirect >>>>> 302: temporary redirect >>>>> >>>>> SEO best practices recommend to use 301 instead of 302 (just Google for >>>>> "301 vs 302") >>>>> Of course this does not matter much for an ERP only used in an intranet, >>>>> but for eCommerce it matters. >>>>> >>>>> So we have 3 solutions at hand: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Keep as is (ie continue with a 302 redirect) >>>>> 2. Permanently replace the 302 redirect by a 301 >>>>> 3. Offer an option between the 2 (or even others if we want, like 307). >>>>> >>>>> If we choice 3, what name would you pick for this option >>>>> ("redirect-type", between {"301","302"}?). Then it would not have any >>>>> sense for non redirect response types, maybe a reason to prefer option 2. >>>>> Though a temporary redirect could still be useful in case of redirection >>>>> on error, hence my preference for 3... >>>>> >>>>> What's your opinion? >>>>> >>>>> Jacques >>>> >>
