: Submitting a site to search engines when the root redirects to a sub-folder I have a site that has its content on a folder /hertfordshire/ with pages after this. I have setup a 301 redirect

@LarsenBagley505

URLs beginning with www.example.com/hertfordshire/ (replace example.com with your domain) will be indexed provided they point to actual data that adds value to the web.

As Simon states, URLs to redirect pages (with HTTP status code 301 or 302) won't get indexed as those pages by themselves don't add value. When browsers land on those pages and they are formatted correctly, they will follow the resulting URL and automatically try to access it.

Use webpagetest.org and attempt to access your domain (example: www.example.com/) and if everything is done correctly, then the first line should be highlighted in yellow indicating a redirect. then the next set of lines should represent URLs that belong to your site that users can directly access.

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