301 or 302 for a moved page?

301. The move is permanent, the code should say so, and only 301 is documented as passing full signal to the target.

Can I redirect a whole directory?

Yes, and the tool keeps your pattern if you enter paths. On Apache that becomes RedirectMatch, on nginx a location block with a regex.

What breaks a redirect chain?

Pointing the old URL at a URL that itself redirects. Collapse chains to one hop: every extra hop costs crawl budget and user patience.

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Redirect generator

Paste the old URL and the new URL, pick your server, and copy the rule. Uses a 301 by default because permanent moves should say permanent.

redirect rule

Test the live result with the redirect checker.

Which status code

301 means the move is permanent and signals pass to the new URL. Use 302 or 307 only for moves you plan to reverse. A temporary code used permanently makes search engines guess.

The four syntaxes

Server	Rule
Apache	`Redirect 301 /old https://example.com/new`
nginx	`return 301 https://example.com/new;` inside a location block
Netlify	`/old https://example.com/new 301` in _redirects
Cloudflare	A bulk redirect list with source, target and 301

Redirect generator

Which status code

The four syntaxes

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