301 redirect w/ dynamic pages to static

[TheDude]

I am trying to redirect old dynamically created pages to a new static one (single page).  However, when I implement the redirects, it still uses part of the old dynamic url.  For instance...

dynamic.php?var=example1

dynamic.php?var=example2

dynamic.php?var=example3

should all redirect to: static.html.  However, they are redirecting to:

static.html?var=example1

static.html?var=example2

static.html?var=example3

The page is resolving fine, but I don't want google to misinterpret the new static page as numerous page with dup content.

I tried this in PHP on the dynamic.php page as follows, but it the problem above persisted:

header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
header('Location: http://www.mysite.com/static.html');

I tried doing it in my .htaccess file as follows, but the problem persisted:

redirect 301 /info/tool_stimulus.php?var=example1 http://www.mysite.com/static.html
redirect 301 /dynamic.php?var=example2 http://www.mysite.com/static.html

Can anyone solve this in PHP or w/ htaccess?

Help!!!

[Devanur-Rafi]

Hi there,

If you are bothered about Google indexing multiple URLs that lead to the same page, you can try using the parameter handling tool in Google Webmaster Tools account. For more info:

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1235687

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Devanur Rafi.

[TheDude]

Thank you Devanur.  I will make use of this if a 301 redirect solution can not be found.