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Correctly Using 301 Redirects For Multiple Browser Types

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Interesting case I came across yesterday. A URL which 301 redirected went to different URLs in different browsers.

First thought – the server was redirecting different UAs to different pages. But no, the redirect was exactly the same regardless of UA.

So how come different browsers ended up in different locations? In fact the Location was the problem:

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