META Refresh

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by sprabhu, Jan 14, 2009.

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    If we have used a meta refresh tag that redirect the home page to a different internal page immediately. so in this case whether search engine spiders would be able to crawl home page ?
     
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  2. tsoftseo@gmail.com

    tsoftseo@gmail.com Peon

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    In my opinion, not able to crawl home page.
     
    tsoftseo@gmail.com, Jan 14, 2009 IP
  3. krisbritt

    krisbritt Greenhorn

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    yes, search engine crawl the home page, but it is not a good technique, you should not go for that

    Thanks
    SEO Professional
     
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    It depends on the time set for the meta refresh. If it's a time delay of 0, then search engines tend to treat it as a 301 redirect. Therefore search engines probably won't look at the content of the homepage, and will index the internal page as the homepage instead.
     
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    It will index if you use a refresh rather than a meta redirect.

    The only problem is if you are aiming to show search engines content that you are wanting to push your users past.

    You could well find yourself getting penalised
     
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    Hi Friend.

    Read Your Question.

    And search engine will crawl.
     
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    Don't use meta redirects. They set off flags in crawlers, and are not a good idea, especially for a home page.
     
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    upload,that change Meta Tag page.
    In my opinion................................
     
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  9. Nancy Kneoteric

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    Jeremy got it spot on. Meta Refresh normally falls in the black hat side of SEO. Spammers abused this technique by serving a different page to crawlers (a highly artificially optimized copy) and a different copy to the user. Search engines soon caught up and flagged it.

    If you trudge that way you might get your website penalized. Careful.
     
    Nancy Kneoteric, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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    Can you explain clear! :cool:
     
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    dream_sonu Well-Known Member

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    don't use it
     
    dream_sonu, Jan 15, 2009 IP