redirected pages

by "Frank Boumphrey" <bckman(at)ix.netcom.com>

 Date:  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 21:55:54 -0400
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Can anyone tell me whether 'spiders' routinely follow redirections on pages.

For example my index.php may have...

<?
header("Location:main.php")
?>
where I have all my meta tags etc.
Will the search engine go to main.php?
Does this vary wfrom spider to spider?

Frank

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