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Re: .htaccess ReDirects and SEs From Inachu at Help Desk on 19 Dec '99 replying to .htaccess ReDirects and SEs posted by Patrick R >Does anyone know how search engine bots react to using .htaccess files to redirect? > >I understand that some bots don't like using <META> tags for re-directs, but >I haven't found anything out for the .htaccess files. > >Any help will be appreciated > >Thanks! > >Patrick R. >http://www.growspot.com > >Get More From Your Yard So far as I know of the Url you submit must be an absolute URL So lets say I submit my site http://www.erols.com/inachu The SE's will not like it because my ISP instituted a redirect to make my url also work as http://users.erols.com/inachu So the url has to be the final url and not a "VIRTUAL" url.

Re: .htaccess ReDirects and SEs - Rafe Kemmis - 26/12/99 Re: .htaccess ReDirects and SEs - Inachu - 26/12/99

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>>Does anyone know how search engine bots react to using .htaccess files to redirect? >> >>I understand that some bots don't like using <META> tags for re-directs, but >>I haven't found anything out for the .htaccess files. >> >>Any help will be appreciated >> >>Thanks! >> >>Patrick R. >>http://www.growspot.com >> >>Get More From Your Yard > > >So far as I know of the Url you submit must be an absolute URL >So lets say I submit my site http://www.erols.com/inachu > >The SE's will not like it because my ISP instituted a redirect >to make my url also work as http://users.erols.com/inachu > >So the url has to be the final url and not a "VIRTUAL" url.