[thelist] Search engines and redirects

[Rich Points]

>: I'm working on dozens of sites which will have a URL like
>: subject.domain.com, but will immediately forward to
>: subject.domain.com/subfolder/index.php?x=etc.
>:
>: I'm wondering about hangups around search engines and especially
>: pagerank in google.  If I put up a .htaccess moved permanently pointing
>: at the index, does anyone know if the links pointing at
>: subject.domain.com will still count?
>
>  
>
I did this on a site about six months ago and my research at the time 
suggested using "redirect 301" rather than "redirect permanent".  I used 
the 301's and page rank was maintained.

Rich