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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?

Robert Kingston
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You can do 2 things in your apache VirtualHost config:

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

René Höhle
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  • Actually, just the opposite. Have a look at this under the section "When not to use .htaccess": http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html. If you have access to the Apache config files, it is better to use that instead of .htaccess files. Overall performance is better when not using .htaccess files. – Rob May 30 '11 at 12:15
  • Will this preserve the referrer, so when the user lands on www.askdavetaylor.com, they use the right referrer? – Robert Kingston May 31 '11 at 01:08
  • Ignore my comment above. I have discovered the rewrite method above does preserve the referrer... – Robert Kingston May 31 '11 at 05:10