Is it illegal to redirect a website to another website domain in terms of search engine and SEO point of view?
I have purchased a web site address and want the traffic from that site to be redirected to my main website and i did a 302 redirect. I don’t know what it is 302. But I was told to do that. Is it illegal and will it hurt my main website? Thanks.
4 Responses
Jakester
24 Apr 2010
Albert
24 Apr 2010
I don’t see a problem with it. A 302 is a temporary redirect but you probably want a 301 redirect to indicate a permanent move so that all future requests should go directly to your main website.
By the way, 301 and 302 are HTTP status codes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes
You may also be interested in some SEO tips:
http://www.htmlvalidator.com/CSEForum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=658
EduGirl2010
24 Apr 2010
It is certainly not illegal to use a 302 redirect. Since I’m not 100% certain what you are trying to achieve, I would suggest to ask yourself these questions:
Do I want to redirect this traffic permanently or just for a defined period of time?
Is the Web site I’m sending traffic to replacing the domain you’re redirecting from or is it just a placeholder for a period of time?
If you want to direct your traffic permanently, you should use a 301 redirect, if this is a temporary situation, you’re fine with a 302.
If you would like to learn more about SEO you should check out these websites:
http://www.seobook.com/ SEO Book
http://www.seomoz.org/blog SEOmoz Blog
http://www.advoltlegal.com AdVolt Legal
Jane
24 Apr 2010
I should not think it is illeagal but redirections are not always so good for seo
We offer some free lessons for beginners at http://www.pickaweb.co.uk/web-marketing.htm
Hope this helps.
EduGirl did a fine job of answering, but I had to add this link to a good piece on how search engines handle it.