.htaccess tutorial for SEO 301 Redirects with RedirectMatch and mod_aliasApril 10th, 2007
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Web Professionals use mod_rewrite to issue 301 and 302 Redirects for Search Engines. Sometimes you may not have mod_rewrite.c or you want an alternative redirect method. Using mod_alias RedirectMatch you can use REGEX in Redirect commands!
Redirect 301 /d/file.html /ddd/file.html
Redirect 301 / http://www.htaccesselite.com
RedirectMatch 301 /blog(.*) /$1
Note: This is a 302 (temporary)redirect because its meant to point to a temporarily offline file.
RedirectMatch 302 ^/ /temporary-offline.html
Redirect 301 /security/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html Redirect 301 /htaccess/speed-up-the-apache-web-server-with-configuration-hacks.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-web-server-speed-configuration-hacks.html Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html Redirect 301 /2007/phpbb/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html Redirect 301 /htaccess.txt http://z.askapache.com/uploads/p/htaccess.txt Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html Redirect 301 /seo/tailrankcom-robot.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/tailrank-robot.html Redirect 301 /instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html Redirect 301 /htaccess/instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html Redirect 301 /webmaster/lft-traceroute-tool.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/lft-traceroute-tool.html # 302 Temporary Redirect 302 /apachesearch/ http://google.com/coop/cse?cx=002660089121042511758%3Akk7rwc2gx0i
RedirectMatch 301 ^/wp-content/uploads/p/(.*)$ http://z.askapache.com/p/$1 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/2/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/using-http-headers-with-htaccess.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/3/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/php-htaccess-tips-and-tricks.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/4/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/seo-search-engine-friendly-redirects-without-mod_rewrite.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/5/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-tips-and-tricks.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/6/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-your-site-with-caching-and-cache-control.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/7/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-authentication-in-htaccess.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/8/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/security-with-apache-htaccess.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/9/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/ssl-example-usage-in-htaccess.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/10/#htaccess-glossary http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/htaccess-for-webmasters.html#htaccess-glossary RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)apache-htaccess.html/10/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-variable-fun-in-htaccess.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)\.htm$ http://www.askapache.com/$1.html RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([^01])(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$2$3 RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html(.*) http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.*)\.html/1/(.*) http://www.askapache.com/$1.html$2 RedirectMatch 301 ^/category/(.+)$ http://www.askapache.com/$1
Redirect 400 /seo/400 Redirect 401 /seo/401 Redirect 402 /seo/402 Redirect 403 /seo/403 Redirect 404 /index.php?error=404 Redirect 405 /seo/405 Redirect 406 /seo/406 Redirect 407 /seo/407 Redirect 408 /seo/408 Redirect 409 /seo/409 Redirect 410 /seo/410 Redirect 411 /seo/411 Redirect 412 /seo/412 Redirect 413 /seo/413 Redirect 414 /seo/414 Redirect 415 /seo/415 Redirect 416 /seo/416 Redirect 417 /seo/417 Redirect 418 /seo/418 Redirect 419 /seo/419 Redirect 420 /seo/420 Redirect 421 /seo/421 Redirect 422 /seo/422 Redirect 423 /seo/423 Redirect 424 /seo/424 Redirect 425 /seo/425 Redirect 426 /seo/426 Redirect 500 /seo/500 Redirect 501 /seo/501 Redirect 502 /seo/502 Redirect 503 /seo/503 Redirect 504 /seo/504 Redirect 505 /seo/505 Redirect 506 /seo/506 Redirect 507 /seo/507 Redirect 508 /seo/508 Redirect 509 /seo/509 Redirect 510 /seo/510
Redirecting using the following directives is done using the module mod_alias. RedirectMatch, RedirectPermanent, RedirectTemp, Redirect
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@AJ: I think I’ve found the solution:
This will make all the files located at
/old-*redirect to/.Hope I’ve solved the problem! ;)
In the “Redirect Entire site to single file” section, your code is doing an infinite redirection.
I tried to edit it to avoid the circle. I know that changing it to an external URL solves the problem, but is there another way to do that?
I really like your site – great tips!
I’m trying to 301 redirect an entire site to the index.html (so all of the links going to old interior pages would still keep passing PR to the index page) but am getting an error when I’m using the following code
I want to get it to where when anyone (or any search engine) comes to any old page (mysite.com/old-page.html) they’re 301 redirected to the new home page. Do you know what code I should be using in my htaccess to accomplish this?
Thanks so much!
Hi,
I’m trying to 301 redirect a url that contains a question mark, but I can’t get it to view the ? literal. I’m assuming that’s the issue.
Here’s what I’ve tried, but hasn’t worked.
URL I want redirected -
http://www.mysite.com/foo/?section=pageAny ideas of what I’m doing wrong. Thanks!
@ D K
Hi,
I’m trying to figure out the syntax for an .htaccess line entry that would
perform the following redirection
mysite.com/level.itml/icOid/184 mysite.com/noticemykeywordI thought this would work :
Redirect 301 /level\.itml/icOid/184 http://www.mysite.com/noticemykeywordbut it doesn’t.
I’ll keep reading and experimenting, but I’d really appreciate any suggestions or tips.
Thanks,