Do search engines get redirected?

..Or I should better ask "Do search engine bots get redirected?"

Can someone answer this for me please:

If I had 2 websites A and B. Both different niches.

- If I decided to redirect the domain from site B and point it to site A what will get indexed in search engines for site B? Original content or redirected - site A again?

Thank you

 

Yes, they get redirected.

As for what gets listed, it lists what it sees. So B --> A, A gets indexed.

 

MSN didn't, they just read the page as "THIS PAGE HAS BEEN MOVED BLAH BLAH BLAH"

 

Use a 301 redirect and site A will get indexed.
Be sure not to do a 302 redirect; it must be a 301.

best,
Denise

 

That can happen if you use a meta refresh. A 301 redirect is in the http headers.

<?PHP
header('Location: http://site-b.com');
?>

 

You might want to refer this thread on how to create 301 redirect..

http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

Cheers!
Sha

 

I use .htaccess to redirect and msn still didn't follow only google and yahoo

 

Thank you guys for your comments.

My point is that I want to redirect all traffic from a website that is already ranking for certain keywords onto another website, without loosing it's position in search engines. In other words I don't want the search engine bots to follow the redirection.
What would be the best option?

 

yes , they easyly detect redirection.

search engines bots are so clever for these days

 

they will follow it unless you block it in the robots.txt file. (except msn of course =/)