Redirecting to another page

Sounds like a good idea, but is it?

Before you consider making an optimized doorway page which automatically redirects to your normal home page, consider that nowadays mst search engines simply won't index them. They are smart enough to know that if the page is a redirect, it is not something a human is intended to see, so it should not be considered.

JAVA vs META

There are two common ways redirects are done: Java or META refresh. The META Refresh tag goes between your <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags with your other META tags. the format is as follows:

<Meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.mydomain.com">

Where the "0" after content is the unumber of seconds the browser will wait before going to the page (0 is right away, 5 is 5 seconds, etc.). and the URL= portion is the page you wish the browser to go to.

The JAVA method is more complex, and if you really want to do it, AddWeb's PageBuilder can automatically enter the JAVA redirect code into your pages, but it is not advised.

The Golden Rule of Web Promotion applies

If you make a great website, full of textual content and links that are relevant to the overall theme of your site, you are better off than trying to trick search engines.

 

 

 

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