301 Redirects in Apache – How to Preserve the Referrer

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Our web developers are using JavaScript redirects – first of all this does not work well for SEO and secondly, it does not preserve the http_referrer (therefore it does not show up in our web stats). So I'd like to get a 301 redirect in Apache, but I want to ensure the referrer will be passed along.

Does anyone know how to preserve the referrer with 301 redirects in Apache?

Will a 301 redirect with mod_rewrite preserve the referrer by default? Or do I need to use some custom code with mod_rewrite?

Best Answer

You can do 2 things in your apache VirtualHost config:

Redirect 301 / http://www.askdavetaylor.com/
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.askdavetaylor.com/$1 [L,R=301]

But i think when you have to many rewrites you should write the rewrites to a .htaccess file.

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This isn't caused by any rewrite rules on railsrumble.com. Your website is the default website for the IP address (http://74.207.240.229), both sites are served from the same IP address.

You can forward all visitors who are not using your own domain with the following rewrite rules:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !.*?agilegrad.com$ [NC]
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How to Block 301 redirects from third party domains in apache

The answer from http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/2261.htm worked for me:

<Limit GET PUT POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from .offendersite.net
</Limit>

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://(www\.)?offendersite.net/.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/.*$
RewriteRule ^.* - [F]

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