Any issues with a simple php redirect?
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Hi,
I have used a simple php redirect for one site that it used for an affiliate link. Always used it, cant remember the exact reason I did but most likely to make the url pretty
On the crawl stats of this domain it shows as a 302 redirect - does this have any issues?
What do people recommend for affiliate links? Cloaking? Tracking?
There are a number of wordpress plugins available that seem to be aimed at affiliate links, any recommendations? I assume that they will still be classed as 302's.
Any advice gratefully received.
Thanks
Jason
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WordPress SEO by Yoast has a redirect function
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Hi Jason,
Although 302's are bad internally they shouldn't effect your rankings if you are 302ing externally.
I'm sorry I can't recommend any plugins, as I haven't used any.
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Hi Elias
Thanks for answering. We are not trying to pass any link value to the affiliate site. We just want to make the links look 'pretty' rather than a url of random numbers and letters.
When SEO moz completes a crawl it shows these redirects as 302 redirects. We don't want to pass link value to the affiliate site so we didn't use a 301 redirect.
So does the 302 redirect potential hurt rankings or look spammy?
Any suggestions or recommended plugins?
Thanks
Jason
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.htaccess is the way to go in my opinion.
Always use 301 redirects over 302 redirects.
Google passes on about 90% of link value through a 301 redirect and no link value through a 302.
I hope this answers your question.
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I'm not an SEO pro but I've been doing redirects using my .htaccess. I'd like to know the answer as well.
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