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[Hit man]

Hi,

Can u tell me where to use .htaccess R=301 and how to use ?

Originally Posted by alex-party

No, xml sitemap has only 1 purpose - tell search engines about links on your web site. Users don't have to see this file at all, because pppls can't understand XML format, do you not see this? And your php sitemap which generates HTML page is the one you show to users.



1. What you did is you erased Google "memory" about your web site, i.e. pages that used to be there are gone now along with PR if they had any.
2. Submitting a new sitemap without taking care of what happens to old pages is the same as erasing them from Google "memory" = database.
3. If old pages are worth saving PR, then you should use .htaccess R=301 (Moved to new location) rules to connect lost links to new locations, i.e. you tell google that this page is still exist but has moved to new location and google will follow to new location to pick up the contents.

Hope this helps you a little

P.S. What do you mean "How long till it comes to normal?"

[alex-party]

First of all, not all hosting companies allow creating .htaccess files on your server, so contact your provider and ask.

Creating mod_rewrite rules is highly difficult for common users, even for me sometimes.

How it works: create a file ".htaccess" with special commands (rules) and put it in your home directory of your web site.

To learn how to create rules, Google for "mod_rewrite examples" or "mod_rewrite r=301".

R@

[alex-party]

.htaccess example:

RewriteEngine on

common syntax:
RewriteRule "old location" "new location" [R=301,L,nc]

example:
RewriteRule ^index.php?page=1$ index.php?page=newpage [R=301,L,nc]

[emojay]

Does google still crawl the sitemaps?