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Re: website not recognised

  • Subject: Re: website not recognised
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 12:52:47 +0100
  • Newsgroups: alt.internet.search-engines
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Big Bill ] on Wednesday 03 May 2006 12:32 \__

> On 3 May 2006 02:18:56 -0700, "Phil Payne" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>>http:www.gifts2grab.com and http://gifts2grab.com bost show up in
>>various places.
>>
>>There's a kind of consensus that this now upsets Google in some way.  I
>>quite strongly recommend a 301 permanently moved redirection from one
>>to the other - preferably to the www version.
> 
> It's an arguable hypothesis, not one set in stone.
> 
> BB

Good point, Bill. Even a Google employee does not confute this. He does, on
the other hand, point out that there are practical issues:

        http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/movingUrlResults.html

Helping spiders find your new home. Matt Cutts once said that redirections
can lead to loss of value (think about it as travelling extra distance), yet
301 should be an exception.

Best wishes,

Roy
 
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