I have an ASP forum that shows .../forum/ and .../forum/default.asp as duplicate content on Google webmaster tools. I want to use a 301 redirect to solve the issue. I first added this to the web.config file:

<location path="forum/default.asp">
    <system.webServer>
        <httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://www.searchbliss.com/forum/" exactDestination="true" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" />
    </system.webServer>
</location>

This worked fine, until I realized the sub-forums used default.asp with query strings, which was redirected to ...forum/

I can't find a way to only redirect if NO query string is present using the web.config (iis7).

Is there a way to do this with ASP???

Thanks!

P.S. Calling Chris Hirst or any equivalents!

Yoo Hoo!
Because the server will automatically redirect "/" to "/default.asp", that will cause a locked loop on the server.

To avoid the issue you have to redirect on the REQUESTED page NOT the served page

here's something I prepared earlier. (much earlier)
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/in...dpost&p=242355

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Yoo Hoo!
Because the server will automatically redirect "/" to "/default.asp", that will cause a locked loop on the server.

To avoid the issue you have to redirect on the REQUESTED page NOT the served page

here's something I prepared earlier. (much earlier)
http://www.highrankings.com/forum/in...dpost&p=242355

Ahhhhh! Thanks Chris. Happy Holidays!

Originally Posted by kline11

I have an ASP forum that shows .../forum/ and .../forum/default.asp as duplicate content on Google webmaster tools. I want to use a 301 redirect to solve the issue. I first added this to the web.config file:

<location path="forum/default.asp">
    <system.webServer>
        <httpRedirect enabled="true" destination="http://www.searchbliss.com/forum/" exactDestination="true" httpResponseStatus="Permanent" />
    </system.webServer>
</location>

This worked fine, until I realized the sub-forums used default.asp with query strings, which was redirected to ...forum/

I can't find a way to only redirect if NO query string is present using the web.config (iis7).

Is there a way to do this with ASP???

Thanks!

P.S. Calling Chris Hirst or any equivalents!

Hey Chris,
I can't seem to get the example you sent me to work? UG!

Hey Chris,
I found an IIS7 web.config file solution that works. I thought I'd post it for others:

       <rule name="Default Document" stopProcessing="true"> 
          <match url="(.*)default.asp" />
          <action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" /> 
        </rule>

Thanks again!