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    • eTundra
      eTundra last edited by

      I know that going through a site redesign it's essential to make sure that 301s are implemented for any changed URLs, but I wasn't sure if this was the same for the images on the page and the parameter URLs that are created by marketing campaigns - do those URLs also need to be 301 redirected?

      For example, this URL:

      www.mysite.com/32-inch-round-aluminum-table/

      Could have a parameter at:

      www.mysite.com/32-inch-round-aluminum-table/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Social%3A+My_Site

      And an image at:

      www.mysite.com/images/32-inch-round-aluminum-table.jpg

      Would the first two URLs mentioned need to be redirected to the new URL, and the image redirected to the new image URL?

      Thanks for the help.

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      • TakeshiYoung
        TakeshiYoung last edited by

        Regarding query parameters, if you put in a 301 redirect for the main URL, the same URL with query parameters will be redirected as well. So if mysite.com/foo is redirected to mysite.com/bar, then mysite.com/foo?baz=qux will also redirect to mysite.com/bar?baz=qux automatically.

        As for images, I would avoid redirecting them as that can slow down their load times. Just change all the links to those images in the code to the new URLs.

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