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robjmills
Asked: 2009-09-05 09:03:53 +0800 CST

301 Redirect Question - how many is too many and where should they go?

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We need to do hundreds of 301 redirects on a site which is undergoing a massive URL restructuring. Whats the best way of doing this? at .htaccess level? at code level?, apache level? Will there be a noticeable slowdown on the site if the .htaccess becomes bloated?

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apache-2.2 .htaccess redirect google

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  1. Best Answer

    mod_rewrite can use database backends using the RewriteMap directive, which probably means it can scale pretty well to a big number of redirects.

    http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteMap

    There's even a way to plug in a program to calculate redirects programatically if you want, although if you can do that, it might fit better if you do it in code.

    As always, I suggest you set up a test environment and benchmark a little.

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