Module 3: Checkpoint 2—Moving a resource
| Conformance: Mandatory |
Requirements
Benefits of conformance
- Persistence of search engine rankings from the old to the new resource location.
- Broken links are managed.
- Simplify maintenance processes for updating links to moved resources.
- Consistent, quality experience for users of the site.
- Increased site credibility and levels of user trust.
Risks of non-conformance
- Possible increase in offline channel requests for moved information.
- Loss of all search engine ranking for the affected page and for important keywords on that page.
- Reduced site credibility and levels of user trust.
Implementation advice
Explanation
HTTP redirection is useful as a fallback measure for when a URL is no longer be persisted because the resource has been relocated.
See the Moving a resource section from the HTTP Status Message Guidelines for further information about how to meet this requirement.