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No its not. Google has said that in situations like this, use a 301 redirect to properly tell them where the actual content is located. Using a 403 is an error
by ddemchuk 16y ago
No its not. Google has said that in situations like this, use a 301 redirect to properly tell them where the actual content is located. Using a 403 is an error page that will tell the spiders that that page doesn't exist anymore, and that can have a negative impact on your rankings