Redirect url

[bronks]

It seems like in order to learn web site building one needs to jump in and just do it.

On the other hand one will make many mistakes along the way such as choosing a poor name for a page that you will want to optimize for certain keywords.

I have achieved first page status for some keywords but the elusive keyword will require that I rename the page. Renaming the page gets a 401 page not found and I would like to make a redirect to the proper page while waiting for Google etc. to pick up on the name change.

What adverse effects can I expect from the search engines and how does one go about the redirects properly when you are using Frontpage as the web builder?

Will I stand a chance of being blacklisted for a mirror page?

I have read some of the results from a Google search and most of these writers assume that the reader is as much knowledgeable as they are about html in general etc.

[bronks]

OK After further reading on the subject, I have come up with three different ways to redirect my old url’s to the new ones

HTTP-equiv refresh
.htaccess
301 redirect

My host tells me that it would be simplest for me to do the HTTP-equiv refresh

Although this seems to me to be the easiest way to go, will it be perceived by Google and others as some kind of hanky panky?

Several years of web building and still a newbie.

[emptymirror]

If you have access to your .htaccess file, you can easily do a 301 redirect with it.

Google et al won't penalize you for having duplicate pages, etc. You won't be blacklisted.

In your .htaccess file, put this (using your own URLs, of course):

RedirectPermanent /youroldpage.html http://www.example.com/yournewpage.html

All on one line, just like that. The old page will now 301 redirect to the new one. Google will index the new page from now on, disregarding the old.

best,
Denise

p.s. I see you're in Bothell - hello from Mukilteo!

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[incrediblehelp]

Originally Posted by bronks

My host tells me that it would be simplest for me to do the HTTP-equiv refresh

Although this seems to me to be the easiest way to go, will it be perceived by Google and others as some kind of hanky panky?

They are right. Dont redirect with meta refreshes.