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Can too many 301 redirects bad for SEO?
301 HTTP responses tell the browser, and the users, that the original pages have been “moved permanently” to the destination URL. This means that 301 redirects do not harm SEO performance or reduce the “PageRank” metrics associate with a page URL – though they are not crucial to search rankings either.
What does HTTP 1.1 301 Moved Permanently mean?
The HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) 301 Moved Permanently redirect status response code indicates that the resource requested has been definitively moved to the URL given by the Location headers.
What does it mean when a 301 redirect has moved permanently?
If you happen to have a 302 redirect for a permanent move, you should remove it or replace it with an HTTP response status code 301 Moved Permanently. Check for 301 redirected pages that receive traffic A 301 code tells the browser that a page has moved permanently to a new URL. Meaning, that page shouldn’t get any organic traffic.
When to use a 302 redirect on a website?
A 302 redirect tells search engines that a website or page has been moved temporarily. You should use this redirect if you’re redesigning or updating a website or a page. It’s also appropriate to use the redirect when you want to test out a new page and get consumer feedback.
Why does Google not index pages with 301 status codes?
Google looks to sitemaps to understand which pages to crawl and index. Because pages with 301 status codes no longer technically exist, there’s no point asking Google to crawl them. If such pages remain in your sitemap, Google may continue to revisit them each time they re-crawl your website. That’s unnecessary and wastes crawl budget.
What happens when you delete a 301 status code?
Filter the list with a 301 status code. Delete the 301 URLs from the sitemap file and replace them with the final URL. A redirect chain happens when there’s more than one redirect between the original URL and the final URL. For example, Page 1➡️ Page 2 ➡️ Page 3.