Tag: 301
Why Not to 301 Redirect all 404s to Your Homepage

Our site Writers.com has a lot of 404s stretching back across its long history. As I’ve started to work to clean them up, I flirted with simply 301 redirecting every 404ing link to the homepage. (There are a few plugins that do just that.)
25 Free Time-Saving Online Tools for WordPress Developers

As Fred wrote in an earlier post, learning WordPress development is hard. It’s not just a case of being able to write code. There’s a heap of associated skills: analysis, design, SEO, copywriting, user experience, maintenance and more.
“301 Redirects: The Horror That Cannot Be Uncached”

Sometimes all you need is a good article title to let you know what your problem is.
“My Developer Ruined My Site’s SEO”: Three Huge SEO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Far too often, a developer comes in to “modernize” a site—and ends up wrecking a thriving online business by ruining its SEO.
Creating 301 Permanent Redirects with the Redirection Plugin

Setting up 301 redirects is hardly the hardest task an average WordPress user or developer has before them, but it’s a very important one for SEO reasons. When you move a page—especially one that Google has shown an affinity for—it’s really good to make sure that your new page gets that old one’s racked-up affinity.