Redirects
What is Redirects?
Redirects are a way of letting users move from one URL to the other, which can provide the information they are looking for. Redirecting is used to move the URL of a webpage, delete a page, move a website to a new domain, perform maintenance on a page, merge the pages, and migrate the site from HTTP to HTTPS. There are generally some redirects that can be classified into two categories: permanent and temporary.
Permanent redirects are done as the page may be under deletion or combine some duplicate pages. This simply means the pages are not expected to be displayed again and replaced with another page. Some of the redirects are as follows:-
- 301 Redirect ( for replacing the old URL with the new URL)
- 308 Redirect ( purpose is same as 301, but here, the client is supposed to repeat the same request [POST/GET] on the target location.)
On the other hand, temporary issues arise when the page needs to be redirected for a short time. Such redirects can be the following:-
- 302 Redirect ( due to site maintenance or A/B testing).
- 303 Redirect (after form submission and maintains HTTP requests for it).
- 307 Redirect ( the page might be accessible in the future).