Global Redirect

The Global Redirect Module works together with two other Modules to make Drupal URL's more Search Engine friendly.  Clean URL's removes the "?q=" from Drupal system URL's while the Path Module allows a user to set a URL for a Drupal Node.  These Modules need the help of Global Redirect to smooth out the system.

When creating a URL Alias with the Path Module, Drupal does not remove the existing path (node/123).  This means that there are now two paths in the system containing the same content.  Duplicate content is a major Search Engine issue.  Global Redirect has three main tasks :

1. Checks the current URL for an alias and does a 301 redirect to it if it is not being used.
2. Removes trailing slash if present and repeats check 1 with the new request.
3. Checks if the current URL is the same as the site_frontpage and redirects if there is a match.

• Tutorial > Installing the Drupal Global Redirect Module