What do 301 and 302 mean in SEO?

[smitharetha]

A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary. Search engines need to figure out whether to keep the old page or replace it with the one found at the new location. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. This depends on your requirement which type of redirection you want.

 

[adilkhan]

That is both redirect method.

 

[web]

They are both redirects that notifies the search engines that a link has been moved. With 301 you will be telling the search engineers that a link has been moved permanently while 302 tells the search engines that the move is only temporary

 

[RH-Calvin]

301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It's not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. If you have to change file names or move pages around, it's the safest option. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently".

A 302 redirect is a temporary redirect. There are very few instances where this type of redirect should be used, but unfortunately it is the easiest to implement. This means that many webmasters unfamiliar with search engine mechanics use the wrong type of redirect.

 

[Jennifer Martin]

A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary. Search engines need to figure out whether to keep the old page or replace it with the one found at the new location. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. This depends on your requirement which type of redirection you want.

Thanks for sharing the information. I would further like to add to the information that 301 redirect is the permanent redirect of the URL, whereas a 302 redirect is temprorary redirection.

 

[ShreyaKoushik23]

A 301 redirect is HTTP response code which the browser receives when making the page request, and 301 redirect is permanent not temporary that is the requested resource or page is permanently moved to another location like on different website or domain.

A 302 redirect is HTTP response code which the browser receives when making the page request, and 302 redirect is temporary not permanent that is the requested resource or page is temporarily moved to another location like on different website or domain.