Is there a way to choose to send a HTTP 301 status code (Moved permanently (redirect)) for an asset via MySource Matrix, not by using PHP or other server side scripting? Client side scripting such as Javascript and META tags won't work.
We've migrated a number of URLs into 1 site and have setup redirect pages for those still using the old address. Looking at the stats there are still search engines attempting to harvest them. Since the HTTP status code of the redirect page will be 200 (OK) or 302ยท(Found), most search engines will continue to think the location is valid.
We want to be able to remove those URLs in the near future once the traffic to them has reduced sufficiently.
Try using the remap manager instead of redirect assets: it uses code 301 (moved permanently) rather than 302 (moved temporarily).
It's under System Management.