Redirects

Sub page redirect

[spinweb]

A new client I am working with markets one of the subpages of their site as: (for example)

www.examplesite.com/investor

This redirects to another URL called:

www.examplesite-corporaterelations.net/invrel/r_site.zhtml?ticker=exsite&script=2100

They do not use a meta refresh for this redirect, but I'm not exactly sure if it is a 301. Also, I believe the 301's only apply to Apache servers (I read this somewhere)? I don't know what that translates to for a server using IIS.

First off, I need clarification if this redirect would be considered a problem.

Secondly, further guidance on server side redirects (esp. for IIS) and how they relate to search engines would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[hakre]

hi spinweb,

use a header-analysis tool to analyze the type of the redirect. 301 or 303 aren't a apache specific thing, this is 100% http and even an IIS talks http (almost until now, what comes next, no-one knows exactly i guess).

an header tool can be found here and is called server header checker [searchengineworld.com]. just enter the short url and look what's going on. the http response code is what you're looking for. btw 404 is file not found ;) .

- hakre

[spinweb]

Thanks Hakre. This is a great tool.