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I need one practical advice - is better to redirect with .htaccess Redirect 301 rules, or to use PHP header function (after parsing URL)?

Which one is better to Google and SEO?

Tnx in adv!

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HTTP clients cannot tell what caused a server to return a 30x redirect status, so it makes absolutely no difference.

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Ok for HTTP clients, but what about search engine spiders? – user6211 Jul 24 '11 at 15:52
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Search engine spiders are HTTP clients (except the one used for Mystic Meg's Special Search Engine, which reads the minds of the content authors instead). – Quentin Jul 24 '11 at 15:54

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