surfin2u
msg:473846 | 3:51 pm on Apr 28, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Is anyone aware of instances where businesses have domains redirected to their listings in a directory? I could really use an answer on this one, as I'm waiting to decide whether to offer this service to my directory's listing clients that don't have their own websites.
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surfin2u
msg:473847 | 7:27 pm on Apr 29, 2005 (gmt 0) |
This could be a nice little money-maker for all you directory owners out there! What do you say?
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stoner3221
msg:473848 | 8:48 pm on Apr 29, 2005 (gmt 0) |
That would be nothing I would want to get into. The closest thing to it we do is give them web space or a content advertising page in the directory. We replaced the ROS links with presales pages.
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surfin2u
msg:473849 | 1:39 am on Apr 30, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| That would be nothing I would want to get into. |
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Your reason is the concern about a penalty from search engines for duplicate content, or do you have some other reason? | We replaced the ROS links with presales pages. |
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What is an ROS link? I have no way of determining when someone is visiting a page of my directory by using a regular link or the new domain that someone has redirected to that page. I am unable to display a different page to people coming to the listing page by way of the domain. Thanks for your reply.
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stoner3221
msg:473850 | 12:21 pm on Apr 30, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I don’t think at this point it’s going to be a big duplicate content threat but I would not want to be the first one doing it to find out. An ROS link is a run of service link. In short the ad is on every page.
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surfin2u
msg:473851 | 2:50 pm on Apr 30, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Thanks! Do you think that I could say that another domain redirecting to a page of mine might be a violation of my copyright? The problem I have with blocking this sort of thing is that I'm unable to detect it. The only way that I found out about it was from the listing owner, who had someone do him a "favor" by creating his domain and redirecting it to his listing.
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stoner3221
msg:473852 | 3:08 pm on Apr 30, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I’m no expert in copyright law but it’s done all the time. I get sites submitted thought the free submission frequently redirected to Yahoo and the ODP from little worms who are trying to get a good page rank for the domain and sell it on e-bay or something.
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