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infnity8x3 · #1 09-10-2009, 09:11 PM

Well guys I have a question. But first I will set up the scenario. I have a domain and in its root is a folder called forum. That is were I have Vbulletin installed. Now google has indexed my pages Using the root domain. I used to use the HTML method for redirection.

HTML Code:

<HEAD><meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=http://mydomain.com/forum"></HEAD>

But it was clunky and took longer to load than I wanted. So I am now trying the php way.

PHP Code:


			
<?php
header( 'Location: /forum' ) ;
?>

It seems faster and doesn't flicker Not so clunky.

Now for the question did I do the right thing? What method is preferred? Will changing it to this hurt my SEO? or current ranking in google? Will it confuse google?

Is the htaccese method the best over all?

Gio~Logist · #2 09-10-2009, 09:37 PM

That redirection should work just fine. Although if you want to be more SEO savy:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...direct&spell=1

Why not look into getting a nice homepage?

infnity8x3 · #3 09-10-2009, 11:28 PM

Hey thanks for the response and sorry about my grammar I was in a huge hurry. I'm glad you were able to understand my post.

Im glad the php method will work fine. It seems more fluid.

As for the homepage, I'm not sure what to use that's why I installed the forum in a sub directory. Isn't VB4 supposed to have a built in CMS?

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