Everything About Status 308 Permanent Redirect
In the realm of web and HTTP, status codes play a very important role in interactions between servers and browsers. One of these codes is the status code 308 Permanent Redirect, which refers to directing to a permanent URL. In this article, we aim to discuss this code and its more extensive applications, as well as some of the technical points related to it.
Status 308 Permanent Redirect is designed in such a way that when a URL of a page is changed permanently, the browser directs to this page to make use of the new URL. This code mainly serves to improve performance and optimize website paths. In other words, if you make permanent changes to a page URL, you can use this code to inform the browser that it should always utilize the new path.
One of the advantages of using 308 Permanent Redirect is preserving the original page's credibility in the eyes of search engines. This means that when the URL of a page is changed permanently, search engines can associate this change with the previous URL so that the links and page credibility can be transferred to the new URL. This process assists in maintaining or even improving the ranking of the page's SEO.
It should be noted that the difference between code 308 and code 301 is that 308 remains constant, which means that all future requests should be switched from HTTP to HTTPS, for instance, when transferring a site to HTTPS, this change must be permanent.
In fact, excessive or improper use of this type of redirect may lead to issues such as creating redirect loops. Therefore, when implementing this type of redirect, you should be very careful and ensure that the defined paths are correctly configured.
Continuing with some simple examples of configuring 308 Permanent Redirect using server configurations:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
Redirect 308 / http://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>Explanation Line by Line:
<VirtualHost *:80> This line indicates that the configuration is valid for all users connecting to port 80 (the default HTTP port).
ServerName example.com Here, the main domain name that the redirect is supposed to apply to is defined.
Redirect 308 / http://www.example.com/ This line instructs the browser that all requests directed to example.com should be transferred to the new address and this transfer is permanent.
</VirtualHost> This line indicates the end of the configurations for this virtual host.