Comments on: 303 Redirects & SEO

By: Brian Jensen

Brian Jensen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:50:28 +0000

The first instance of a 303 I came across is on YouTube. It appears that recently (In an attempt to prohibit PageRank being passed from video to video) they changed the redirect to a 303. Previously they relied on the no-follow attribute which they still use but still passes some link equity. Anyhow, thanks for the great resource!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:50:55 +0000

Well that’s just as I expected Google to treat redirects. So I’m using 303 when content is temporary not available, and 301 when it has moved to a new location.

I think more important questions would be:
- How long does a 301 redirect take until it’s definitive and the old url won’t be crawled anymore? (when you need to redirect hundreds of pages)
- What happens when you redirect 301 a page with keyword A to a page with keyword B? Will google show the new page when you search for the old keyword? I mean, does a page reputation go to the new one after a redirect?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:29:24 +0000

Cheers Dave, hadn’t seen much mention of 303s before and Wikipedia seems to say they’re ok – so good to know the TRUTH

By: Mark Ryder

Mark Ryder — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:16:46 +0000

Removing the canonical tags after permanent 301 redirection won affect the site right

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 07:48:26 +0000

Thanks for this information. You`re right – they are never really talked about in SEO – but in fact they should!

By: Sandy Allen

Sandy Allen — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:59:28 +0000

Recently tested Yelp – and the URL redirects to the reviewed sites are all 303s.

By: activetraffic

activetraffic — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:30:22 +0000

seems to work fine at the moment, and also seems there is at least some juice, that is beeing passed…. I just noticed that today in googles german index. the new site is ranking at Pos. 3 (without any BL) the redirected one on Pos. 4. The Keyword is a quite heavy brand from the fiancial sector, so not any low hanging fruit!

Regards
Nico

By: John Benedict

John Benedict — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:39:01 +0000

Good sharing Richard Vaughan…