Re: Redirects - will search engines use new URL?
by Andrew McFarland <aamcf(at)aamcf.co.uk>
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Sun, 13 Jan 2002 09:03:38 +0000 |
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At 21:06 12/01/02 -0500, Jay Smith wrote:
>My question is: For the links which are already in the search engines,
>will the major search engines UPDATE/CORRECT them, or will they just
>keep following the old URL?
They should use the new URL. I run a small niche search engine and a small
niche directory. They both follow server redirects and update the database
automatically (search engine) or alert me to the change (directory)
Andrew
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