Response redirect.

Does google like them or not?

[mark4]

Currently setting up a new site running an ASP shopping cart, we are using a response redirect on our default.asp page to take you directly into our shop/asp folder as follows.

<%@ LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" %>
<%
response.redirect("shop/asp/default.asp")

What i would like to know does google not mind this type of redirect or is this a total NO NO.

[jeremy goodrich]

Bad idea.

Set it up so that the default page -> is the one with the content.

Don't do redirects from root to sub page / folder.

Try using the Site search [searchengineworld.com] for more. Something like 'google redirect' lots of reading there.

Cheers.

[korkus2000]

Response.redirects are actually a 302 redirect. You are basically telling visitors that the default page has temporarily moved to the new location. Like Jeremy says you really want to redirect away from the main content page.