What do 301 and 302 mean in SEO?

[smitharetha]

A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary. Search engines need to figure out whether to keep the old page or replace it with the one found at the new location. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. This depends on your requirement which type of redirection you want.

[Alpha Men]

A 301, or permanently moved, is a redirect that carries and distributes in an absolute manner. You should use a 301 to signify to the crawlers that your content has moved permanently – as in forever.

A 302 status code means Found, or more commonly referred to as “temporarily moved.” This redirect doesn’t carry or pass the link value to the new location. What it does do is get the user to an appropriate location for you so that you aren’t showing them a broken link, a 404 page not found, or an error page.

[RH-Calvin]

301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It's not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. If you have to change file names or move pages around, it's the safest option. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently".

A 302 redirect is a temporary redirect. There are very few instances where this type of redirect should be used, but unfortunately it is the easiest to implement. This means that many webmasters unfamiliar with search engine mechanics use the wrong type of redirect.

[jaysh4922]

A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary. Search engines need to figure out whether to keep the old page or replace it with the one found at the new location. A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. This depends on your requirement which type of redirection you want.

[michaelclarke]

Thank for share this topic.

[Nexevo Technolo]

301 Redirection is the Permanent Redirection of one website to another website. And 302 Redirection is the Temporary Redirection.

[ShreyaKoushik]

A 301 redirect is HTTP response code which the browser receives when making the page request, and 301 redirect is permanent not temporary that is the requested resource or page is permanently moved to another location like on different website or domain.

A 302 redirect is HTTP response code which the browser receives when making the page request, and 302 redirect is temporary not permanent that is the requested resource or page is temporarily moved to another location like on different website or domain.

[BerthaJones]

A 301 redirect means that the page has permanently moved to a new location. A 302 redirect means that the move is only temporary.

[ramskl]

301 Redirections - Permanent Redirection
302 Redirections - Temporary redirections