You're absolutely right. Thus, the need for a server-side redirect. You can use meta refresh as long as the time is set to around 10 seconds without being penalized. I guess you could include a message that you are going to be transferred in 10 seconds, then provide a link for the impatient types, like myself, to get there quicker.
michael On Friday 13 June 2003 11:30 am, Zak Johnson wrote: > On 2003-06-13 10:34-0600, Michael wrote: > > Search engines frown on using meta refresh because of > > abuse problems. Some engines won't index the page > > period and all of them penalize you at the very least. > > While it will work as you described, you're sacrificing > > search engine positioning to use it. > > How many search engines do you know of that will parse and follow the > JavaScript location.href redirection suggested earlier? > > -Zak -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
