http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239875

Anybody have comments about the article above (using ASP to redirect to
HTTPS mode) or similar scripts insofar as search engine ranking or
penalties?

Would rankings be expected to drop with the addition of the script?

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Hi Sparky,

That article you posted is a technique to redirect pages.  I don't see how
it would affect search engine rankings as long as the content being indexed
or redirected to worth indexing and the page provides valid information.

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"Sparky Polastri" <jafiwam@MuNGEDyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239875
>
> Anybody have comments about the article above (using ASP to redirect to
> HTTPS mode) or similar scripts insofar as search engine ranking or
> penalties?
>
> Would rankings be expected to drop with the addition of the script?
>

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Without being a SEO person...

No, the rankings should not drop (if it is a legimit redirect). If i
remember correctly, Response.Redirect gives back a status code of 302, and
the search engine should follow the redirection. It may however not cache
neither the original nor the new URL, since 302 is a temporary redirection
(which could have a negative impact).

Google says about redirections[1]:

"Don't employ cloaking or sneaky redirects."

Do follow this! How Google know the difference between a legit redirect,
and a "sneaky"...no idea. It is common (or atleast it was) by SEO firms to
use redirects to cheat search engines, hence it could be problematic for
you to use redirects if Google is unable to distinguish between these.

I do not however _think_ your ranking will drop if you use this to
redirect from http to https.

[1]
http://www.google.com/intl/en/webma...guidelines.html

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Sparky Polastri wrote:

>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239875
>
>Anybody have comments about the article above (using ASP to redirect to
>HTTPS mode) or similar scripts insofar as search engine ranking or
>penalties?
>
>Would rankings be expected to drop with the addition of the script?

[ Post a follow-up to this message ]