How do i redirect an old link to a new link?

[Reg Park]

Hey guys, I just changed one of my article links to a new one. The old link has some backlinks built to it.

How do I redirect my old link to the new one?

I used hostgator and tried doing it on the redirect section but doesnt seem to work

 

[godspeed007]

Look for the .htaccess file in the root folder of the site in your cPanel. If there is none, just create one and put this code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?yoursite\.com
RewriteRule ^old-url/? /new-url [R=301,L]

Replace 'yoursite' with your domain name and 'com' with your TLD. Also replace 'old-link' with your old permalink and 'new-url' with new permalink.

In the above example, I considered that -

Your old URL was: http://www.yoursite.com/old-url
Your new URL is: http://www.yoursite.com/new-url

Hope you get my point here! Cheers!

 

[111ideas]

• Install the 301 redirect plugin from wordpress.
• It has an option to input your old url and new url.
• After 301 redirection, Google will give you the benefits of the backlinks of the old url.

 

[Reg Park]

woo! Thanks for all the help guys, sorted it out. much love!

 

[Vladamir]

Theres a boatload of plugins out there if you use wordpress. I use redirection personally very easy to use put in your source url then your target url.

• Redirection. Redirection Plugin for WordPress is one of the most widely-used. ...
• Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin. Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin breaks up redirection into two options. ...
• Safe Redirect Manager. ...
• Simple 301 Redirects. ...
• Yoast SEO Premium. ...
• SEO Redirection Plugin. ...
• Redirect. ...

 

[SEO FOX]

Check 301 Redirect in your hosting

 

[jackteam]

Hey guys, I just changed one of my article links to a new one. The old link has some backlinks built to it.

How do I redirect my old link to the new one?

I used hostgator and tried doing it on the redirect section but doesnt seem to work

Simple method is you can use REDIRECTION plugin to do this work easily.