Posted by John Hosking on 02/25/07 03:03

pkg wrote:
>>With your experience it may be better to use the meta tag, it will work in
>>most cases.
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>
> Yes, for the moment it seems the best solution. Maybe I will try the
> php solution again later. In any case, thanks again for your help!

Not so fast, there. Usually a bunch of folks jump right in when someone
considers using a meta redirect. I guess most folks are asleep or busy
or living a real life right now. So *I'll* speak up. ;-)

There are disadvantages with that method (although it is indeed easy). I
suggest you Google or Yahoo or Dogpile words like "meta redirect". Read
a few of the results. Problems include search engine problems,
accessibility problems, broken Back buttons, and extra traffic. That's
why J.O. Aho correctly recommends the 301 code as the preferred route.

See, for starters, the overview info at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_redirection, as well as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_refresh (or Google up your own further
research).

Sorry to make an "easy" task harder.

--
John

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