301 redirects and seo..

[samerk]

I bought a domain and it has nice traffic. It only has about 5 main pages in php

When i got the site i switched to html because php was overkill.

I did the 301 and google deleted the php files and replaced with html version when i check site:domain.com

It has been about 7 days.

I DID NOT use 301 for each of the 5 pages to go php to html instead is used this code

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com
RewriteRule (.) http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RedirectMatch 301 (.).php$ http://www.mydomain.com$1.html

So basically if you load php it will load the html version.  dog.php > dog.html

Is this OKAY? or should it be done differently.... worried!

Thanks !

[samerk]

I am still not convinced.

Their are 2 ways to do the 301 redirect.

_ All files get redirected to the new extension

site.com/filexyz.php > filexyz.html

• The other is the 301 in which you specify each individual page and its new location.

I did the first method and php pages no longer in google, html are in google but i lost about 50%traffic.  Is this normal or should i have done 301 individual pages?

[KaneJamison]

Seems fine to me as long as you keep everything in the same case (preferably lower case) and use the exact file structure you had before.

If you're worried, use the redirect tracker at WhereGoes.com to verify that it is working.