Please tell me how to make 301 redirection of these links in this .htaccess file?

[crush123]

Hello,
I have a .htaccess file and this is the code:
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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^site/(.*)$ site.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^downloads/(.*)$ search.php?keywords=$1
RewriteRule ^downloads/(.*)/(.*)$ search.php?keywords=$1_$2
RewriteRule ^download/(.*)/(.*)$ search.php?keywords=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^review/(.*)$ review.php?d=$1
RewriteRule ^edit/(.*)$ edit.php?d=$1
RewriteRule ^refer/(.*)$ refer.php?d=$1

IndexIgnore *

Redirect http://mysite.com/s/ http://mysite.com/s/create.php

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mysite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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( mysite.com is not my site. )

I have checked the links in a popular "search engine friendly redirect check
tool" and it shows that all my links are 302 and are not SE friendly.

I wish to make all these redirections 301.
I have placed [R=301] at the end of all the lines above, but it didn't
worked.

Please tell me how to make the links as 301 and search engine friendly.

Thanks a lot.

[wige]

The rewrites as you have them are considered internal. As a result, no redirection is done - the user or the search engine still sees the original URL, but the server displays a different page. So just to give one example of a change to make it a 301 redirect

Original Version:

 RewriteRule ^downloads/(.*)$ search.php?keywords=$1

301 Redirect Version

 RewriteRule ^downloads/(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/search.php?keywords=$1[R=301]

There is a second way, which is supposed to be more efficient in the server code

 RedirectMatch 302 ^downloads/(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/search.php?keywords=$1

[crush123]

Hello wige,
I wish all the links of my pages to be 301 redirects.

when I check for example :
Software - 1 to 10 of 694 Downloads
it is giving 302 status rather than 301

same case with other redirections in the .htaccess

So, somebody please tell me how to make all my links to show 301
Thank you

[wige]

Originally Posted by crush123

Redirect http://mysite.com/s/ http://mysite.com/s/create.php

This line needs to be changed to Redirect 301 /s/ http://mysite.com/s/create.php

[Webnauts]

Maybe you can find some tips on the tutorial I published recently:
SEO Workers Tutorial: Search Engine Friendly Permanent Redirects

[magic42]

Pls excuse my ignorance, but what exactl is a "301 redirect". I keep hearing about it, but don't really know what it is.

Thanks

magic42

[incrediblehelp]

301 redirect - Google Search