Php redirect, will it upset google?

[brakkar]

Hello, on a page of my site, I must put a redirect.

It seems i can't use an htaccess permanant redirect, so i've put a php redirct:

header( 'refresh: 0; url=http://www.mysite.com' );

Won't google consider it as cheating, abusing and doom my site for the rest of the century?

Just to know. Since this particular page will redirect to my frontpage, I don't want to have any penality.

Thanks in advance,
Brakkar

[lunarboy1]

I've been told to use this, GoogleGuy recommended it a while back:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.phoo.com"); 
exit(); 
?>

301 error code tells googlebot what you want to say (site doesn't exist anymore), then sends googlebot along to your new one, works almost immediatly for people browsing as well

[brakkar]

Excellent. This is far better than the code I was using and is really instant.

I redirect www.mysite.com/directory/ to www.mysite.com .

Cordially,
Brakkar

[lunarboy1]

glad to be of service :)