301 Redirect Clarification: Images, Paramter URLs, etc.
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I know that going through a site redesign it's essential to make sure that 301s are implemented for any changed URLs, but I wasn't sure if this was the same for the images on the page and the parameter URLs that are created by marketing campaigns - do those URLs also need to be 301 redirected?
For example, this URL:
www.mysite.com/32-inch-round-aluminum-table/
Could have a parameter at:
And an image at:
www.mysite.com/images/32-inch-round-aluminum-table.jpg
Would the first two URLs mentioned need to be redirected to the new URL, and the image redirected to the new image URL?
Thanks for the help.
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Regarding query parameters, if you put in a 301 redirect for the main URL, the same URL with query parameters will be redirected as well. So if mysite.com/foo is redirected to mysite.com/bar, then mysite.com/foo?baz=qux will also redirect to mysite.com/bar?baz=qux automatically.
As for images, I would avoid redirecting them as that can slow down their load times. Just change all the links to those images in the code to the new URLs.