From: "Lowell Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A recent thread on the WebDesign-L raised the question of whether search
> engines can detect (and penalize sites for) PHP redirects of the form:
>
> header("Location: http://www.whatever.com/";);
>
> I don't see how that could be the case, since the redirect occurs on the
> server before any HTML is output to the browser. Someone else says:
No, that's not the case. What you quoted below is correct.
> > No, the header() redirect immediately tells the /client/ to make a
second
> > GET request at a different location and the client (search bot) must
> > actively make that 2nd request to the "Location:" URL (what happens if
you
> > request amazon.com) Note this is different from simply sniffing the UA
> > string from a single request and serving altered content.
>
> What say you, PHP list? Would it be better (in terms of search engine
> detection) to use include() to serve different or altered content?
As for whether a redirect is penalized or not, I doubt it. It'd be in the
best interest of the search engine to follow the link just like it's going
to follow any link on a page and index the content. Now, whether the indexed
content will show up at domain.com in the search engine or
domain.com/redirected/url/page.php, I don't know.
---John Holmes...
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