Tagged “redirects”
9 articles.
When to choose 301 and when 308 is the right answer
The difference is not permanence. It is what happens to the request method and the body.
Redirect chains: what they cost and how to flatten themFIELD NOTES / 088 Guides · 5 min readRedirect chains: what they cost and how to flatten them
A short link that passes through three hops before landing is slower, leakier and harder to debug than one that lands on the first try.
What a redirect service looks like if you build it yourselfFIELD NOTES / 074 Developers · 2 min readWhat a redirect service looks like if you build it yourself
The redirect is easy. The operational surface around it is what you are actually signing up for.
Managing affiliate links without losing attributionFIELD NOTES / 065 Marketing · 2 min readManaging affiliate links without losing attribution
Affiliate URLs are long, ugly, and change often. Short links fix the presentation, but only if the parameters survive.
Query parameters, fragments and what survives a redirectFIELD NOTES / 060 Guides · 2 min readQuery parameters, fragments and what survives a redirect
Whether a parameter reaches your landing page depends on where it sits in the URL and what each hop does with it.
Where redirect latency actually comes fromFIELD NOTES / 054 Guides · 2 min readWhere redirect latency actually comes from
A short link adds one round trip. Whether that costs 30ms or 400ms depends on four things, and only one of them is the database.
Custom 404s and main-page redirects on a short domainFIELD NOTES / 044 Guides · 2 min readCustom 404s and main-page redirects on a short domain
Two settings that take a minute and quietly save a lot of traffic.
301 vs 302 vs 307 vs 308: choosing a redirect status codeFIELD NOTES / 007 Developers · 2 min read301 vs 302 vs 307 vs 308: choosing a redirect status code
Four codes, two axes: permanent or temporary, and whether the HTTP method is preserved.
What is a URL shortener and how does it actually work?FIELD NOTES / 001 Guides · 2 min readWhat is a URL shortener and how does it actually work?
A short link is a 301/302 redirect with a database behind it. Here is the full request path, from DNS to destination, and what changes when…
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