Redirect

[VillasDiani]

Some time ago I have created a category which I have deleted later. Now seomoz is showing me that its not found, obviously...what would be the best practice to redirect this category to a page? I know that with 301, but how, can I do it when I deleted that category:-(

[TomRayner]

Hi July

You can still redirect URLs that no longer exist, or have never existed.

If the site you're talking about is the one in your profile, I can see you're running Nginx.  It's a bit more tricky to redirect with Nginx then, say, Apache, but it's doable.  If you have a dev team to hand, they should be able to implement it for you, but if not, hopefully these links will help:

Link 1 - looking at Nginx's HTTPRewriteModule.

Link 2 - How to set up 301 redirects with Nginx's config file.

Better off starting with link 2 actually, I think it's a guide that will answer all your queries.

Hope these help.

[VillasDiani]

Thank you so much for your reply Tom and sunny greetings from Diani! Yes, it is the website on my profile http://villasdiani.com Nginx? Do I? Oh my got what is that? I was always wondering that there is something wrong going on my website with redirects as I can also see on semoz report this kind of weird redirects:

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http://villasdiani.com/2011/06/

http://villasdiani.com/2011/06/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2011/10/

http://villasdiani.com/2011/10/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/04/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/04/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/05/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/05/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/06/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/06/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/07/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/07/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/08/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/08/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/09/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/09/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/10/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/10/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/2012/12/

http://villasdiani.com/2012/12/	http://villasdiani.com/	1	0

http://villasdiani.com/2013/01/

http://villasdiani.com/2013/01/	http://villasdiani.com/	12	1

http://villasdiani.com/diani-beach

http://villasdiani.com/diani-beach | http://villasdiani.com/diani-beach/ | 13 | 1 |

[TomRayner]

Hi July

Greetings from cold and miserable London!

My best advice now would be to contact the team that helped develop your website and see if they would be able to implement the necessary redirects.  Failing that, if you can find a freelancer with extensive experience of working with Nginx, they will be able to help too.

[VillasDiani]

Thank you very much Tom,

London is beautiful, I have very nice memories from there and would love some cold rain here for a change:-)

My husband developed that site but has no clue what is wrong and has given up and said me I should deleted it completely:-(  I am already 4 months learning SEO in order to fix this site. Funny, I even like to learn it:-) So I will have to help myself. What is the Nginx? were I have it? I guess it is plugin but I do not see it in plugins.

[VillasDiani]

So, meanwhile I have found out that the Nginx isW3 total  cache but I do not understand what is the problem with it:-( why is it redirecting my website content?