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There have been a lot of warnings against HTML META redirects, as these are used to spam - but with HTTP redirects, there is really no option to spam, as the browser never sees anything but the final page content.
Specifically, I ask:
If page a has links pointed to it, and it redirects to b, will it have a high rank? What if some links point to a, some to b, some to c, and they all really redirect to d?
Also, will having multiple pages redirect to the same page count as spamming?
Mixed bag, google will fallow the link and index the site the 30x points to. Historically other engines have had a hard time dealing with them. Ink would index the redirect page and fallow the link for page crunching.
>There have been a lot of warnings against HTML META redirects, as these are used to spam - but with HTTP redirects, there is really no option to spam, as the browser never sees anything but the final page content.
There are ways to spam with redirect header info. If you go to google and do a search for an ultra competitive kw turm you'll see it. You will also notice that those listings don't tend to stick around very long.
>Also, will having multiple pages redirect to the same page count as spamming?
Yes, they will consider it spam. If you are going to do this, I wouldn't use header info (30x), but use a javascript or perhaps cloak and only 302/301 to the humans.
What about if the link is to [site.com...] - now, apache will issue 301 Moved Permanently to [site.com...] . And a third way of linking would be to [site.com...]
To make the question practical: in this scenario, is it important to make all of the links to the page (both local and on other sites) to one of the above? Certainly [site.com...] is the most aestheically appealing, but if it will cause SE problems, it's worth going with another one
