Ces, we use 301 redirects in an IIS7 environment without any trouble. It required enabling the URL Rewrite module<http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-the-url-rewrite-module/> and then adding a few lines to the site's web.config file. If you're running your site in a hosted environment, perhaps they don't want to enable URL Rewrite and/or modify the web.config file. If you can't configure IIS 7 and the web.config file, an alternative is to implement a programmatic redirect (ASP or .NET) <http://knowledge.freshpromo.ca/seo-tools/301-redirect.php>.
Once you get the redirect working, here are a couple of links that may help you with tagging the redirected URLs for Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Analytics/thread?tid=51c7a2aa222f415e&hl=en https://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Analytics/thread?tid=1a808ffa44d2e338&hl=en I hope this helps you out. ~ Dave On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Ces <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I am hoping someone can help me figure this puppy out. > > I was tasked with adding a 301 redirect to some URLs, the URLs need to > then be tagged for Google Analytics. > > I was told that, due to the way the server was set up, we were unable > to do 301 redirects and therefore, we cannot tag the URLs. This is bad > news bears. > > Other than "it can't be done because of the way the server was set > up," I do not have much more information than that (though I did ask > for more info :/ ). > > All I know is that we are using IIS 7. > > Can anybody shed some light as to why a 301 redirect would not work in > an IIS 7 environment? If so, are there any solutions I can propose? > > Thanks! > > -- Ces > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
