I suggested initially to use the more open 3rd option, we could use 301, 302
and 303?
For the difference between 301 vs 307 I think we can agree on : <<The
difference between the two being that you shouldn't use the
307 as it is not understood by many agents. (simple ehy )>>
http://jesperastrom.com/seo/different-variations-of-redirects-301-302-303-304-etc/
For 302, I don't see any needs, apart in case of temporary errors which should
not happen (You will have still the bots keeping the
initial link referenced)
What I did not talk about is the default, so you would suggest to use 303,
right?
The problem is most people will never notice it and it seems 303 is not good
for SEO and eCommerce
I Googled for "303 seo"
1st answers: http://sharkseo.com/nohat/303-redirects-seo/
http://www.marketingchip.com/seo-experiments/how-does-a-303-redirect-affect-seo/
But found also answers saying it was not much an issue
like at http://www.seomoz.org/q/usage-of-http-status-code-303 , I read at bottom
"however technically if there are no inbound links pointing to the pages that you
want to 303 redirect, it will not hurt your seo."
At some point I thought we could introduce request-redirect-303 for form and
mostly backend side (maybe keeping request-redirect-303
named request-redirect for the sake of simplicity) and request-redirect-301 for
eCommerce when you need to do redirections without
fearing double submits. But then we would have to also duplicate all others
redirect response types :/
I'm now perplexed and need more time to check about this sentence and our
current OOTB situation, at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get I read
"However, HTTP 301 may be preferred in cases where it is not desirable for POST
parameters to be converted to GET parameters and
thus be recorded in logs."
Sorry for the long post, seems that we need to get into details
Jacques
From: "Scott Gray" <[email protected]>
Right, so they recommend using 301 for a permanent redirect but like I said,
the bulk of our redirects (as far as I am aware) are
used for Post Redirects which 301 isn't appropriate for.
Regards
Scott
On 26/06/2012, at 2:15 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=93633
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40132
http://searchengineland.com/images/301-302-explained.gif
HTH
Jacques
From: "Scott Gray" <[email protected]>
I think most of our redirects OOTB are used as a Post/Redirect/Get pattern for
which 303 is best on HTTP 1.1 or 302 on HTTP 1.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get
Do you have a reference for your SEO best practices? Or alternatively do you
have an example of where a 301 redirect would be
more appropriate in the ecommerce app?
Regards
Scott
On 25/06/2012, at 8:07 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
This is the easiest way to go, so I'm not against, no other opinions?
Jacques
From: "Adrian Crum" <[email protected]>
A 301 permanent replacement makes sense to me.
-Adrian
On 6/22/2012 8:47 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Hi,
Since all redirect response types (url, cross-redirect, request-redirect,
request-redirect-noparam) call
HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect() through RequestHandler.callRedirect(), all
controllers redirections do 302 redirections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_Redirection
To keep short:
301: permanent redirect
302: temporary redirect
SEO best practices recommend to use 301 instead of 302 (just Google for "301 vs
302")
Of course this does not matter much for an ERP only used in an intranet, but
for eCommerce it matters.
So we have 3 solutions at hand:
1. Keep as is (ie continue with a 302 redirect)
2. Permanently replace the 302 redirect by a 301
3. Offer an option between the 2 (or even others if we want, like 307).
If we choice 3, what name would you pick for this option ("redirect-type", between
{"301","302"}?). Then it would not have
any sense for non redirect response types, maybe a reason to prefer option 2.
Though a temporary redirect could still be
useful in case of redirection on error, hence my preference for 3...
What's your opinion?
Jacques
