[Brown]

what's the score here then? am i allowed to put a redirect on the home page to something like:

/home/

using meta refresh? now i realise that this is taking the control away from the user but if its an immediate refresh with a text link on the page for clients that don't support the refresh.

how much does it affect serps? all forums and blogs seem to redirect anyway.

opinions please.

thanks.

[oli]

Use a meta 301 redirect in your .htaccess file, its whats used here on DT, search engine friendly method.
In .htaccess ::

redirect 301 old.htm http://www.you.com/new.htm

[seen.to]

For SEO purposes you'd be better of using a

PHP Code:

<? include("http://www.andrewspooner.com/index.html"); ?>

and saving as index.php as the spider will view the page being redirected to rather than the page with just the redirect on it.

[seen.to]

or that

[stickmus]

For those who want a few different methods:

http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

My site's on IIS, bah...

[mx]

form my understanding, meta-refresh is not liked by google but i've used seen.to's php method with no seo probs.

[bluesage]

I've tried using the Redirect 301 in .htaccess, worked fine, but then realized the next day, didnt work anymore, Im guessing my host has some sort configuration set about .htaccess files