How do I 301 url's with numbers in them?

[BradBorst]

I have a number of 404 error pages showing in webmaster tools and some of the url's have numbers, % symbols, and some are pdf's.  My usual 301 redirect in my htaccess file does NOT redirect these pages where the url's have special characters.  What am I doing wrong?

[sferrino]

Can you post examples of the url, and what you have in your htaccess? This would make it much easier to diagnose.

[RyanPurkey]

Here's a solution that might work in your case, but like Steven said, hard to tell without an example: http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3957440.htm

[BradBorst]

Sure Steven, here are some examples:

http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/fleet-management-and-tracking-80%93-the-easy-way/

http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/?p=23&akst_action=share-this

I have tried using both types of redirects below:

RedirectMatch permanent ^/directory/gps-global-positioning-system-other-gps.html$ http://www.rmtracking.com/compareproducts.php

Redirect 301 /blog/fleet-management-and-tracking-80%93-the-easy-way/ http://www.rmtracking.com/blog/2011/05/28/safety-at-sea-with-gps/

[sferrino]

Ok the first one, or both, you can easily get away with doing:

RedirectMatch /blogs/fleet-management-and-tracking(.*)the-easy-way/ http://www.newplace.com/here-it-is/

[sferrino]

Brad did this answer your question?

Did it help?

[BradBorst]

I tried what you suggested but it didn't work. I still have a few more things to try when I get back from vacation. Thanks for checking back with me.