302 Redirect

[graemewilliams]

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?

[orchie]

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

Thanks, Orchie

[graemewilliams]

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

[lucianlady123]

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