Yep, there's another type of redirect other than the 301. This version is used to tell web browsers and search engines that we are temporarily telling people to visit another web page, or domain. BUT some time real soon this redirect will be removed.
In the 301 Redirect I gave examples of two stores merging, or alternative domain names, or legal reasons as to why you use that feature. Those were all permanent reasons to force someone to view a new website even thought they typed in something else.
Finding uses for the 302 Redirect is not so obvious. In fact, only very savvy website owners, and our students, will ever understand the true power of the 302.
Let's say that you are holding a Trunk Show in two weeks. You want to make sure that all the visitors to your store read about the trunk show. So you set up a special page on your website, include all the details of the show with wonderful ad copy and beautiful photographs. A finely crafted page might take you all afternoon to put together.
How do you direct traffic to that Trunk Show page? You could simply put a photo with a link on your home page. That will certainly do it. All your visitors will defiantly click on that link, right?
Wrong!
The only way to guarantee that all of your visitors view your Trunk Show page is to {You must be a Registered Subscriber to view this content.}
When Google sees a 302 it will assume you are smart, and you know what you are doing. {You must be a Registered Subscriber to view this content.}
One word of caution though. The true success of a 302 is when you {You must be a Registered Subscriber to view this content.} >
