darkage
msg:3653099 | 2:53 pm on May 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Since my post was moved, maybe I should say that this is related to SEO. Is it considered a bad practice in SEO to link (from my own pages) to URLs which I then 301 to other URLs ?
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Receptional Andy
msg:3653101 | 3:04 pm on May 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I wouldn't necessarily say it's a bad practice, although you are increasing workload for spiders (which is to be avoided if possible) and it could lessen the benefit from linking to the pages if it's on a large scale (e.g. affecting a large number of URLs). Most sites with redirection systems link to 301s eventually. Chained redirects are definitely one to avoid (i.e. redirecting to a URL that then redirects again). | Moving my root is not an option |
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Remember that you don't need to physically move a folder to hide it from URL requests. If the subfolder is superfluous to requirements (for instance if it's more about the underlying technology than a useful path for visitors, like subdomain.domain.com/cms/) then you could use mod_rewrite to serve content from subdomain.domain.com/ without the extra directory. If that's sounds useful, you could have a go at the rewriting and then post over in the Apache forum if you run into problems.
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darkage
msg:3653113 | 3:49 pm on May 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Andy, thanks fro your answer. Im pretty "comfortable" with mod_rewrite and could do that (actually im already using mod_rewrite to from root to /folder), however the issue is that the root contains a number of folders I access from my root. Here is an example of my root:
/folder (this is my main application which I redirect root to)
/folder2
/folder3
/folder4 folder2-4 are my assets folders that contain a lot of other stuff that the main application needs/refers to. Therefore moving my root logically or physically to folder is not possible. Or let me rephrase that, everything is possible, I just dont think that it would be justifiable with the amount of work needed...
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g1smd
msg:3653266 | 10:50 pm on May 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
*** im already using mod_rewrite to from root to /folder *** But... are you doing that as a rewrite [L], or as a redirect [R=301,L]?
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darkage
msg:3653475 | 9:20 am on May 19, 2008 (gmt 0) |
a 301 (moved permanently)
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g1smd
msg:3653867 | 7:02 pm on May 19, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Bad move. I would have used a rewrite to connect the short URL to the longer filepath.
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darkage
msg:3653938 | 7:57 pm on May 19, 2008 (gmt 0) |
g1smd ? Im confused. Im using mod rewrite to redirect (301) subdomain.domain.com -> subdomain.domain.com/folder How is that a bad move ?
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g1smd
msg:3653954 | 8:21 pm on May 19, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I'd never let the root URL for a domain or a sub-domain redirect to a folder within the same domain or subdomain. The root URL is the most important one of a site.
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darkage
msg:3654259 | 7:33 am on May 20, 2008 (gmt 0) |
g1smd, I understand what you're saying, so I looked into this: ibm.com does a 301 to a folder
microsoft.com does a 301 to a folder
godaddy.com does a 302 to a folder (and the new url has no pagerank - maybe due to the 302 or because its a new page)
forums.bimmerforums.com does a 301 to a folder (no pagerank for new url)
www.accenture.com does a 301 to a folder
www.cocacola.com does a 301 to a folder
www.elsevier.com does a 200 to a folder (using meta tag) and has PR9 (this is how i previously did my redirect)
[answers.google.com...] does a 301 to a folder
www.blogger.com does a 302 to a folder I'd say if so many large companies is doing a 301 from root to a folder, little me should be ok :-)
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