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Permanent Redirects<\/h3><\/span>
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Redirects are a way of forwarding a resource to a different URL. At the SEO level they are very important to preserve and ensure the accessibility of a resource to the Spider and improve the user experience to visitors.<\/p>\n

In general, we have different types of redirects but the most significant difference concerns its validity whether temporary or permanent.<\/p>\n

Until now, among permanent redirects the most widely used has always been the 301<\/strong>, which indicates to the Search Engine a permanent transfer of a URL, but for the past few years there has been the inclusion of a new status code with the same functionality, the 308<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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When do I use redirects?<\/h3><\/span>
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Redirects are widely used from an SEO perspective; some of the most frequent applications of use include:<\/p>\n