302 v. 301

[cimmeron]

which is better 302 or 301 redirects?

I am under the opinion that no redirects are preferred, but if a client absolutely HAS to redirect, which is better SEO-wise?

[Cricket]

Without a doubt, a 301 permanent redirect when needed.

(302's are for temporary redirects)

[John Scott]

http://www.v7n.com/forums/seo-forum/...-redirect.html

[thing2b]

Originally Posted by cimmeron

which is better 302 or 301 redirects?

I am under the opinion that no redirects are preferred, but if a client absolutely HAS to redirect, which is better SEO-wise?

If in doubt or it is permenent use 301.
If temporarily moving page use 302

Examples of use of 302 are:
Redirecting from www.pickbrains.com to backup.example.com when you need to take your main server down OR
When you want to have a form submit to a dynamic page (that processes the inputs) and redirect the user to a static page.


To make things worse, there is also a less know 307 redirect ( https://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr....mspx?mfr=true ), just to make things more complex

[cimmeron]

thanks, I searched on v7n but again, was search-challenged