Can someone confirm that a simple entry in the Remap Manager creates a 301 permanent redirect to the old URL, please?
I'm guessing, by the way, that even though a Redirect Page can, in some circumstances, achieve the same functional effect, it does NOT create the 301 redirect. Is this also right?
Mmmm…testing suggests that all the Remaps in the Manger that are 'Automatic' are indeed 301s.
But any that I've created myself - and are therefore marked as 'Manual' - are 302s (and therefore not 'good enough' for SEO etc).
Anyone know a way round this?
The remap manager only uses the 301 header and doesn't have any flag to distinguish between manually and automatically added remaps.
Redirect pages also use a 301 header, but only if they are set to be permanent redirects. Otherwise, they just issues a Location header or do their redirect via JavaScript.