The difference is how that redirection is reported to web crawlers (like Google) or other software.Ī 301 redirect tells the crawling software that it should permanently update its index of your site to point to the new location instead of the old one.Ī 302 redirect tells the crawling software that the redirect won't last forever (for example, the site is under maintenance right now). Noteīoth permanent and temporary redirects do the same thing in your web browser. Here is how you can create web redirects of a permeant (301) or temporary (302) nature. Read on to learn how to manage web redirection using your cPanel account.ĭeleting Existing Web Redirects in cPanel