topic Re: 302 Redirect in Archive

302 Redirect

graemewilliams — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:20:22 GMT

I've just been speaking to a reputable SEO company who informed me that my domain has a 302 Temporary Redirect set up. They say a 302 redirect has a detrimental effect with Google and other search engines.

I did a bit of investigation and discovered the following website:

http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp

I ran my domain through this tool and it returned the following results (edited for clarity):

#1 Server Response: http://www.rikkismusic.com
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Redirect Target: http://www.rikkismusic.com/epages/Domain.vanity

#2 Server Response: http://www.rikkismusic.com/epages/Domain.vanity
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Redirect Target: http://www.rikkismusic.com/epages/BT3146.sf

#3 Server Response: http://www.rikkismusic.com/epages/BT3146.sf
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 200 OK

So it seems the SEO company was right. BT has setup a 302 Temporary Redirect on my domain name. What's more, there seems to be an unnecessary step here. What on earth is Domain.vanity? I would expect the following redirect:

www.rikkismusic.com <--- 301 redirect ---> www.rikkismusic.com/epages/BT3146.sf

I've checked other user websites on this forum and the 302 Temporary Redirect occurs on all the ones I looked at.

Does anybody know what this is about and does it really affect the optimisation of my domain name?

Re: 302 Redirect

orchie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:07:17 GMT

I believe this has been very recently fixed, it is possible to check this again and find out if this behaviour remains?

Thanks, Orchie

Re: 302 Redirect

graemewilliams — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:17:00 GMT

Thanks Orchie

Just checked it again and although it is the same 3 steps, the 1st step is now a 301 Permanent Redirect. So it looks like the behaviour is fixed.

You seem to be pretty well informed

Re: 302 Redirect

lucianlady123 — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:27:10 GMT

to whom it may concern,

Problem has acure with BT TV signal

TV SIGNAL IS WEAK OR LOST ALSO SAY FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO

support.youview.com and seach for YVM302

i have tried, please help