Is it ok to redirect an old URL to new URL with anchor tag?

[esiow2013]

Ex.

OLD URL - http://www.mysite.com/shoes/red/description

NEW URL - http://www.mysite.com/shoes/red#desc

Thanks in advance!

[AlanMosley]

You mean do a 301 redirect with a #?

I have never tried it, if it works I don't think it will be a problem. Both a 301 and a link both end up as a request for a page, so if its ok for one it will be ok for the other.

Unless search engines have written some code to treat them different and I cant see why they would, technically speaking they will be treated the same, it is after all simply a request

[esiow2013]

Yes. 301 redirection.

[TheeDigital]

The page in this case is /red, the #desc is a bookmark on the page.

[esiow2013]

Hi Richard,

Yes, you're right.

[KristinaKledzik]

Yes, this will be totally fine. Google ignores bookmarks (#) like this, so Google will just see a redirect from http://www.mysite.com/shoes/red/description to http://www.mysite.com/shoes/red#desc.

Good luck!

Kristina