Which is a better way to redirect 1,000 pages

301, 302 or http-equiv="refresh"

[neelkumar]

Hi

I wish to redirect 1000 pages of my website to a new location on the same site. My first preference is to use http-equiv="refresh", but I am not sure if google would consider this as spam. Or should I use 301 or 302 redirects using .htaccess.

Any help would be appreciated.

[tedster]

Stick with 301, unless the move is temporary. Yes, 1,000 fast meta-refreshes might raise a spam flag.

[neelkumar]

The pages I wish to redirect have similarity in terms of their names. They end with a 3 digit or 4 digit number and I wish to redirect them to a different location using same file names. Can you please help me write the code for .htaccess to do this in one step (i.e. one line in .htaccess). I also the last number of the file I wish to redirect.

[tedster]

Nneelkumar, first try some research over in our Apache Web Server [webmasterworld.com] forum. It's a better place for getting that kind of technical input. If you can't find exactly what you need, then start a new thread there.