301 Permanent Redirect using ASP
By StrangeWork.com: I’ve been using my search engine optimization skills on a few different sites recently. The Democrats for Monmouth County website is my current challenge. One of the main challenges I faced was converting the old ugly links over to the new SEO friendly links without losing placement in the search results.
Link conversion example
Old URL:
http://mcds2007.com/Default.asp?P=393
New URL:
http://mcds2007.com/contact
To keep your existing search engine rank, use a Permanent 301 Redirect to force the spiders to the new link. Simply add the below code to the top of your ASP script:
Response.Status=”301 Moved Permanently”
Response.AddHeader “Location”, “/contact”
Easy as that! Google, Yahoo, and the rest of the search engines will update your site links in their index without penalizing the new link.
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Tags: ASP/.NET, ISAPI-Rewrite, SEO
Brad Williams is a computer programmer and tech junkie who enjoys exploring technology and sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
Richard said
am January 31 2008 @ 5:17 pm
Does this mean you will keep the old file on the server as well as the new file? Is there going to be a problem with duplicate content? Just wondering…
We are re-structuring our clients sites and was wondering which path to go. We were thinking of a ISAPI_Rewrite. Any experience with this?
Brad said
am February 1 2008 @ 10:06 am
It’s the same file, I’m actually just using ISAPI REWRITE to create the friendly URL. You can view my post about how to create ISAPI REWRITE friendly URLs here:
http://www.strangework.com/2007/08/09/custom-asp-urls-with-querystrings-using-isapi-rewrite/
Richard said
am February 1 2008 @ 11:13 am
Thanks for the info!