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what is difference between 301 and 302 redirect
What is a Redirect?
A redirect is a method of sending both users and search engines to a different URL than the one they originally requested.
Types of Redirections:
1: 301 Redirect.
2: 302 Redirect.
301 – Redirects – Moved Permanently
1: URL has been moved permanently to another URL.
2: 301 Redirect passes between 90-99% of link equity (ranking power) to the redirected page.
3: Broadly speaking, 301 redirects are implemented when you want to move all of the SEO value to the destination URL after the source has changed permanently.
302 – Redirect
1: It indicates that a URL has been temporarily moved to another URL.
2: Search engines don’t immediately pass PageRank to the destination URL.
3: A 302 doesn’t indicate that the destination URL should be indexed.
4: It can be used in the cases of A/B Testing.
5: For recurring temporary content.