Hi FVdBeuken,

Just tested it with WordPress Version 4.4.2 & Yoast SEO Version 3.0.7 and all still works fine.
Make sure you follow the instructions carefully and let me know how you get on.

Cheers,

Dean

Personally I wouldn’t put barriers in the way of a download, however I'm sure you will get a lot of debate about that one and at the end of the day it's what you consider to be of more value, the fact that the pdf is being downloaded or you have the information from the people who then know your going to contact them after a download.

Either way I would use a combo of QR code / printed shortlink and include analytic tracking data. Then if you do chose to collect email data first you can measure the conversion from who went to the data entry page from your exhibition any how many email addresses you collected ie:

In htaccess:

#Product 1 QR code (have your QR code point to http://www.domain.com/qr-p1)

Redirect 302 /qr-p1 http://www.domain.com/shop/product_one/doc.pdf?utm_campaign=Exhibition&utm_medium=QR Code&utm_source=Banner Stand&utm_content=ProductOnePDF

#Product 1 Short code (print your short code as to www.domain.com/widgets)

Redirect 302 /widgets http://www.domain.com/shop/product_one/doc.pdf?utm_campaign=Exhibition&utm_medium=Short Code&utm_source=Banner Stand&utm_content=ProductOnePDF

A good article to help convince your client along with the information from Daniele here: 404 Page Best Practices

Hi,
It is possible but not advisable due to the way WordPress resolves URLs you can find more information on the subject here: Removing product product-category or shop from the URLs

However some have reported sucess via this article: WooCommerce Easy Permalink Solution

With respect that was not the question being asked re 301. If you have are embarking on building link then sticking with one format would be best surely?

I believe it does matter. You should choose with or without the www and stick with it (however your site is currently formatted).

Technically speaking with www is a different URL that the one without www so you link building efforts would be split across two domain which would not be cool.

Excellent. Good luck with your new site.