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how do I add a redirect link to an old webpage

swissruthy

2004-09-30, 7:15 pm

I redesigned a website for a client. She has a bunch of old pages that are
obsolete, but they show up in the search engines. How do I create a redirect
for those old pages, so when someone clicks, the get to the "new" page
instead of a 404 error.

Thank you

Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]

2004-09-30, 7:15 pm

In HTML view, add the following to the Head section:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="6;
URL=http://www.yourwebsite.com/thenewpage.htm">
The value given to 'content' is the number of seconds before the refresh
will take place; the value given to 'URL' is the page you want your visitor
sent to. You may also want to include a text link to the page in case your
visitor's browser does not support the 'refresh'.

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swissruthy <swissruthy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I redesigned a website for a client. She has a bunch of old pages
> that are obsolete, but they show up in the search engines. How do I
> create a redirect for those old pages, so when someone clicks, the
> get to the "new" page instead of a 404 error.
>
> Thank you

Tina Clarke

2004-09-30, 11:14 pm

"swissruthy" <swissruthy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:011280CB-82C3-44DB-88E9-63ED6A9D76D2@microsoft.com...
> I redesigned a website for a client. She has a bunch of old pages that are
> obsolete, but they show up in the search engines. How do I create a
redirect
> for those old pages, so when someone clicks, the get to the "new" page
> instead of a 404 error.
>
> Thank you

Delete the content off each of the pages ... so your not spamming the
engines with double content ...

If the server it's on is an Apache you can do a 301 redirect using mod
rewrites I think they are called just do a google for the how to. This will
be more helpful for your seo.

hth Tina

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