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Redirecting a website or pages

At sometime while working on websites you will come across a need to redirect a website or a page to a different location. Maybe you are combining several sites into one, transfering a section to a secure (HTTPS) server, splitting a site up, altering the site folder structure or simply adding an extra domain name.
If this site is indexed by the search engines and needs the traffic to be transfered without any disruption it is important to redirect to the new location seamlessly for all types of user agents. Where the user agent is a search engine crawler it is important that this is done correctly to avoid causing any problems with crawling or indexing.
The way to achieve this is to implement a permanent redirection (HTTP Status code 301) to the affected pages

To start the process open the IIS snap-in from;
Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Services Manager
or
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Internet Services Manager.

For the server configuration, Highlight the server name and from the menu select Action -> Properties.

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Redirecting a website or pages

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