? about landing pages

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Melissa, Aug 21, 2006.

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    I hope I am putting this question in the right place!

    My dad says a competitor has created "Landing Pages" which redirect his clients to their site. Is this possible and if so how would we find out?

    Thanks.
     
    Melissa, Aug 21, 2006 IP
  2. macz_g

    macz_g Well-Known Member

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    I think we need more information first.

    Are you running any kind of pay per click campaign?
    If you type in your web address are you taken to the compeititors site?
     
    macz_g, Aug 21, 2006 IP
  3. Melissa

    Melissa Guest

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    No PPC. We don't know, just know that they are bragging about it.
     
    Melissa, Aug 30, 2006 IP
  4. dastuff

    dastuff Peon

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    Well one way to do it is to link: the main site... That'll show everyone who is linked to them.. Then find the landing pages and walla. This takes some time if he has a lot of backlinks but you can most likely cancel out large portions of the links.

    I think macz was suggesting that your site was hacked... Your site doesn't redirect to the competitions does it? You've just heard that he has landing pages that redirect right? Also... Landing pages are short term fixes, work on your seo, and you'll beat him in the long run.
     
    dastuff, Aug 30, 2006 IP
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    clenard Active Member

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    I'm not sure what you're talking about but landing pages are used in the marketing world much like this:

    A) http://yoursite.com/affiliate/landingpage

    When the user visits this page - it will auto-redirect to:

    B) http://affiliatesite.com/?=youraffiliatecode

    You can do this by adding PHP to the top of the Landing page:

    
<?php header("Location: http://theurl.com"); ?>
    PHP:
    Notice the "theurl.com" should be changed to the URL of the site that needs to be redirected TO... and this should be in the top the landing page.

    Hoping this is what you're asking about? Or else I will feel stupid lol :D
     
    clenard, Aug 31, 2006 IP