301 redirects can be a beautiful thing.  A 301 redirect basically tell’s Google or any other search engine that a page has permanently moved.  It’s a digital change of address form.

There are a few reasons to use a 301 redirect and many benefits in using one.  You can easily set them up either through a WordPress plug-in or through your htaccess file.  Let’s take a look at some practical applications of when, why and how to use them.

Site Redesign

The Internet is constantly evolving and so should your website.  Maybe you moved from Joomla to WordPress or went from creating url’s like www.example.com/article.html to a more streamlined and current url like example.com/article/