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These were initially nothing more than a blank white page, code similar to the following:
html>
<head>
<title>UK redirect</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=\Grid.asp?sysPage=wsHome&wsCountry=UK">
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
The reason I set these up in the first place was for tracking.
Yesterday, however, I realised there may be some lost potential in these pages. So, I added some keyword-ridden text, links, meta keywords and descriptions.
The page still serves its initial purpose, but is be more spider friendly now.
But I'm now wondering whether some search engines may consider this spam...????
I would be careful of using redirects.
Here are a few threads that have discussed this topic in the past:
- Redirects and ranking [webmasterworld.com]
- What is the problem with html redirects/meta refresh? [webmasterworld.com]
- What kind of redirection is safe - what methods? [webmasterworld.com]
- Redirects - are they advisable? [webmasterworld.com]
