I use the following in my .htaccess file: Redirect permanent /oldpage.html http://www.mysite.com/newpage.shtml You can check if you are getting a 301 permanent redirect here: http://www.seologic.com/webmaster-tools/url-redirect.php Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Morrison" <ben.morrison at dogstardesign.co.uk> To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [thelist] Re: Google and redirect handling > On 6/11/03 9:20 pm, "Cayley Vos" <cvos at netpaths.net> wrote: > > > Any redirect on the homepage will make you invisible to the search engines. > > However, there is an easy way around this. Do serverside browser detection > > and redirect from there. > > > > If a user agent is any browser, redirect. If the user agent is not a > > browser, send them to an HTML page. > > So why does google tell us to use 301 redirects: > > http://www.google.com/webmasters/3.html > > Any info on this much appreciated as this is exactly what I have just done. > > Ben > > > -- > * * Please support the community that supports you. * * > http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester > and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org > Workers of the Web, evolt ! >