# SEO on route redirects

**URL:** <https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/seo-on-route-redirects/2782>\
**Category:** Best Practices\
**Created:** [July 29, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/seo-on-route-redirects/2782 "2019-07-29T15:26:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![brian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/brian/32/490_2.png) [@brian](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/seo-on-route-redirects/2782/1 "2019-07-29T15:26:35Z")

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Not so much a framework specific question, but considering 301 redirects are not possible using javascript, does anyone know how SEO is impacted through the use of route redirects? For instance…

`{ route: 'home', redirect: '' }`

Will Google be smart enough to treat **[mysite.com/home](http://mysite.com/home)** in such a way that a 301 redirect would cause Google to index only **[mysite.com](http://mysite.com)**?

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**Author:** ![cberkley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/cberkley/32/1722_2.png) [@cberkley](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/cberkley)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/seo-on-route-redirects/2782/2 "2019-07-31T14:57:21Z")

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So google bot can follow javascript redirects pretty well and from what I have read it can treat them like a 301. [https://builtvisible.com/javascript-framework-seo/](https://builtvisible.com/javascript-framework-seo/)

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**Author:** ![brian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/brian/32/490_2.png) [@brian](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/seo-on-route-redirects/2782/3 "2019-07-31T17:13:06Z")

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Great article, thank you for your input @cberkley 👍