302 Temporary Redirects

[DustyBraband]

Hi,

We currently have a number of 302 redirects set up on our e-commerce store that redirect from no forward slash at the end to a forward slash at the end of the url (see below).

example: domain.com/treadmills
Redirects to
domain.com/treadmills/

Am I correct in saying that this will not pass link juice and the redirects should be changed to 301's (or just removed?). Or are the two urls treated the same (with or without forward slash)?

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Dusty

[littlesthobo]

Hi Dusty

That is correct that a 301 does pass link juice and a 302 does not.

I would go into detail, but SEOmoz has a very detailed description here!

http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/redirection

Hope that helps

Jo

[Keszi]

Hi Dusty,

It would be better to set up 301 redirects, instead of 302.

Check the article of Dr. Pete here. It really describes the status codes.

I hope it helps,

Istvan

[SanketPatel]

Hi Dusty,

Have you done all 301 redirect ? Here is the latest video by Google Matt Cutt on 301 redirect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Filv4pP-1nw

Hope this help you out....

[littlesthobo]

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