Use of 301 redirects
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Scenario Dynamic page produces great results for the user but produces a long very un-user and un-search friendly URL http://www.OURSITE.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=loving&x=0&y=0#/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lovingthebead&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alovingthebead Solution 301 redirect in .htaccess Fantastic - works a treat BUT after redirect the original long ugly old URL appears in the location field Would really like this showing the new short user friendly short URL What am I doing wrong? Thank you all. CB
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You can use POST instead of GET and rid yourself of the query string all together if you want.
If each url produces unique content you want indexed then you need to look at creating friendly urls's, if you are hosting on a IIS server then you see how this is done here., half weay down the page.
http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/microsoft-technologies-and-seo-web-development
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Would a rewrite not be more fitting then a redirect?
Redirect is to transport the user from a old or invalid page to a new location, not to replace URLs.
I assume you want to change your ugly urls to pretty user friendly ones?
Check out http://www.seomoz.org/blog/url-rewrites-and-301-redirects-how-does-it-all-work
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