Hi
I have a website which I am trying to include in search engines. I tried many SEO methods and it did come up on google search for a bit, then shortly after disappeared. I think it might be something to do with header redirecting on my website.
The first thing my php homepage does is checks if the url starts with www, and if not, redirects by using header location to the url with www in front of it.
Does this matter when optimizing for search engines? If not, what should I do to get my site on search engines?
Does header redirecting interfere with search bots?
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Re: Does header redirecting interfere with search bots?
what is your website address and we could have a look. The fact you appeared in google then dissapeared seems to me that you could have been sandboxed due to some blackhat SEO tactics.
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coolpriya073
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Re: Does header redirecting interfere with search bots?
hi,
instead of using header redirect use permanent redirect or link rel canonical.
There is a blog from matt cutt, do read it and you will be able to get the difference between canonical and simple redirect.
instead of using header redirect use permanent redirect or link rel canonical.
There is a blog from matt cutt, do read it and you will be able to get the difference between canonical and simple redirect.