Question: Select all that apply. When might you use a redirect?
- When moving your site to a new domain
- When you've moved a page to a new URL
- When you have multiple URLs for your site
- When you need to prevent a page from appearing in search results
Explanation
Redirects are appropriate when a URL change should forward visitors and crawlers from an old location to the current one. HubSpot documents redirects for cases where content moves to a new URL, and it also supports redirecting an old domain to a different connected domain. HubSpot Knowledge Base+1 They are also useful when multiple URLs exist for the same destination and one address should consistently send traffic to another. HubSpot Knowledge Base This is different from duplicate-content handling, where HubSpot uses canonical URL settings to identify the preferred version for search engines. HubSpot Knowledge Base
Why the other options are incorrect
D) Preventing a page from appearing in search results is handled with indexing controls such as noindex, not with a redirect alone. HubSpot Knowledge Base
Source for verification
HubSpot Knowledge Base: Create and manage URL redirects HubSpot Knowledge Base
HubSpot Knowledge Base: Set canonical URLs for duplicate content HubSpot Knowledge Base
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