How do I 301 re direct a PAS page?

[RobertPAS]

Hi Broker,

There isn't a formal write-up yet for the 301 redirect feature yet, at least that I know of. It's located under Website Management within the CMS. When you create a new redirect page, you'll enter the relative path to your old page of content, the absolute URL it should redirect to, and the status code (301, 302). Happy coding!

Robbie

[Brokerstar]

So when you create a new page, you pretty much leave it blank and it just transfers to the new page? So how will creating a new page, that essentially has no content on it, help said content rank better in Google? Am I just being simple here? What's the point of a 301 re direct then?

[RobertPAS]

I'm not sure I follow completely..

You'd take your old content out from some ugly url:
http://mysite.com/path/to/old/conten...query/09ds09k3

And move it to a new page (internal/external link):
http://mysite.com/articles/better-for-seo.html

After setting up the redirect, requests for both
http://mysite.com/path/to/old/conten...query/09ds09k3 [301-permanent redirect]
http://mysite.com/articles/better-for-seo.html [200-ok]

return the content. When Google next indexes your site, the 301 is a flag that will update the existing index with the new URL.

Disclaimer: Not an SEO expert :P

[Brokerstar]

I have tried doing what I think is right but I can't really see how what I have done will help SEO at all??

I have entered a new page and then re directed the old one, but the old one is where you're taken to, not a nice, new URL??

302 re direct example.jpg

Above is a picture of what I have done.

This is the ugly URL I want to get rid of: http://www.tagpoker.co.uk/outer_page...ng_videos.html

The new one I want is: http://www.tagpoker.co.uk/free-poker...ng-videos.html

I'm just not getting something??

Broker

[RobertPAS]

Hey Brokerstar,

It sounds like you'll just need to the switch the URLs when setting up the redirect. In order to that though, you'll need to first move or rename the page with the ugly URL to something arbitrary to get around the uniqueness validation on page path (which should probably exclude redirect pages). Then, you'll be to create a redirect page in its place with "Redirect url" set the path of the desired URL.

Hope that helps

[Brokerstar]

I just don't get it??

I never thought of myself as a stupid person but I really just don't get what you're saying?

Change the name of the original page? Do you mean the title?

How do I move the page?

Does the content get copy and pasted onto the new URL? Can I re use the URL that I have just created as a re direct that doesn't actually seem to do anything?

I've looked all over the internet and there is no step by step user guide for these re-directs but everyone says how easy it is to do?? lol Easy if you're Bill Gates perhaps but for a non computer programmer like myself, mission impossible

[GonzoPAS]

Hey Brokerstar,

I've actually been doing a lot of 301 directs with YourPokerCash lately so I thought I would write up a post for you and other publishers. Hopefully you find it useful. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://www.pokeraffiliatesolutions.c...rough-pas.html

Your fellow non-idiot (also not Bill Gates),
Gonzo

[Brokerstar]

Hello there and thanks for taking the time to do this.

I have followed the steps to change this URL Free Poker Training Videos

to

Free Poker Training Videos

But sadly all I get is a blank page? and I can't find my original content anywhere?

[GonzoPAS]

Hey Brokerstar,

Redirect appears to be working for me.

What did you do with the original content? Did you delete it or simply "move" your original page to this page?

BTW, I'd say you made a good redirect choice.

[Brokerstar]

No the original content vanished. I figured out what I did, I stupidly moved the content to a 'new page' that I never saved so essentially sent it to a age that never existed!!

That forced me to re write the content and I prefer the new version anyway ha ha.