Google and redirects

Mr. Stiff · 2005-11-25, 08:27 AM

I have noticed google is indexing 302/301 redirects as if they are part of the site that's redirecting.

Example

I'm redirecting using mod_rewrite to redirect to my own domain first (to a dynamic URL) and after that use a normal redirect header to send them to my sponsor..

I'm happy with it, brings some nice SE traffic to my sponsors FHG's.

But why the hell does it do this? Bug?

ohyess · 2005-11-25, 11:29 AM

According to wikipedia.org it is a bug:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

Under header: "False or spoofed PageRank"

oast · 2005-11-26, 01:07 PM

There has been a lot of talk about this recently after a particular website faked a pr10.
They got noticed when they out-ranked a Google employee on a particular search string by '302ing' to his blog!
I read about it here

Mattinblack · 2005-11-27, 06:04 AM

Oh shit its so good to see google with Visage Au Omelette!

Google!

Will change my 302 immediately!

Mr. Stiff · 2005-11-30, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohyess

According to wikipedia.org it is a bug:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

Under header: "False or spoofed PageRank"

Yep, that's it..
I just can't believe it's a true bug. It would be easy to fix, right?

2005-11-25, 08:27 AM	#1
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2005-11-25, 11:29 AM	#2
ohyess Internet! Is that thing still around? Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5	According to wikipedia.org it is a bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank Under header: "False or spoofed PageRank"