DaveAtIFG - 1:28 pm on Mar 10, 2005 (gmt 0)

The question I have is WHY is Google sticking with their present system of handling 302s

Personally, I don't see any value in a 302 redirect and I think the HTTP spec is flawed, but there may be some legitimate uses that I simply haven't encountered. Technically speaking, www.example.com is a subdomain of example.com, and Google is simply indexing both domains. When you register example.com, you are free to use either. It appears Google is unwilling to assume and associate both versions with the same site, to Google, two unique domains = two unique sites.

If webmasters don't take steps to control BOTH as I suggested earlier, they have left the door open for hijackers.