Rails - Jun 2006 - Change of controller name and SEO issue

Hi,

I developed an app with cetain controller names. Now that the app is
catching up I''m trying to change the controller names to be better
aligned
with the business.

This is what I have now.

http://localhost/foo/method1
http://localhost/foo/method2
http://localhost/foo/method2/a
http://localhost/foo/method2/a/b
http://localhost/foo/method2/a/b/c
http://localhost/foo/method3


I would like to have that changed to

http://localhost/bar/method1
http://localhost/bar/method2
http://localhost/bar/method2/a
http://localhost/bar/method2/a/b
http://localhost/bar/method2/a/b/c
http://localhost/bar/method3


1) I was thinking of having a redirect_to which would replace the incoming
request url from ''foo'' to ''bar'' and would
ask the browser to send the
request again with bar. All the news links will have bar. This is just to
take care of the people who have bookmarked foo and also for the search
engine links. Any better way of handling this issue.

2) I was wondering if it''s possible to tell search engine ''Hey
the page has
moved from url ''a'' to url ''b'' and you should
update your database with url
''b''. If it''s possible then I don''t have to
worry about the backward
compatible code say in a year from now.

Thanks
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> I developed an app with cetain controller names. Now that the app is
> catching up I''m trying to change the controller names to be better
aligned
> with the business.
>
> This is what I have now.
>
> http://localhost/foo/method1
> I would like to have that changed to
>
> http://localhost/bar/method1
>
>
> 1) I was thinking of having a redirect_to which would replace the incoming
> request url from ''foo'' to ''bar'' and
would ask the browser to send the
> request again with bar. All the news links will have bar. This is just to
> take care of the people who have bookmarked foo and also for the search
> engine links. Any better way of handling this issue.
>
> 2) I was wondering if it''s possible to tell search engine
''Hey the page has
> moved from url ''a'' to url ''b'' and you
should update your database with url
> ''b''. If it''s possible then I don''t have
to worry about the backward
> compatible code say in a year from now.
Why not simply send a 301 redirect from /foo -> /bar in your webserver 
config?  That would work for both users and search engines.