301 redirects on a windows server

[ginostylz]

I found this, but it only works if the original page that the redirect is is an .asp page. I'd like to change a .htm page into another page

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.automotivetouchup.com"
%>

I'd also love to take my affiliate program and allow my affiliate links to count as inbounds. The page that the affiliate link goes to looks like this:


<%
MerchantID = Request.QueryString("MerchantID")
' Perform DefaultParameter processing.
If IsEmpty(MerchantID) Or MerchantID = "" Then
MerchantID = 0
End If

session("mallid")=MerchantID

' find next page to display
ipaddress = (Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"))

whatsnext = (Request.QueryString("NextPage"))
' Perform DefaultParameter processing.
If IsEmpty(whatsnext) Or whatsnext = "" Then
whatsnext = "index.htm"
End If

gostring = "http://" & ipaddress & "/" & whatsnext

Response.Redirect (gostring)

%>

Is there something I'd need to change to make them count as a backlink using a 301 redirect, but still keep tracking? Any help is much, much appreciated.

[TampaDave]

Instead of doing a redirect, you might want to look at Server.Execute("YourPage.asp")

Works like an include, executes the code of another page on the current page.

Example:
If you only wanted to show a section to a logged in member, all you would need to do is checked login status and then execute:

If vLoggedIn = True then Server.Execute("special-page.asp")

By keeping the page the same I think you cna get the search engine associatios you're looking for.

[ginostylz]

One was originally a page that no longer exists, and people still link to it, so I wanted to get Google to count it still as a link,

The one were I displayed a lot of code is an affiliate page. If a consumer clicks on it the affiliate gets a commision. Google counts a 301 redirect as a backlink, which should help in search results. I was curious if the code was to be changed, would affiliates still get commisions, and would Google still count the page?

I'm trying to get imbound links outside of trading them, I have about 50 affiliates, but most of them are not bringing any traffic.

[dave487]

I recently changed my affiliate links so that they 301 redirected using php to the root of my domain. It all seems to work OK and am now waiting for the next backlink update. :)