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Are there any SEO implications if a page does two 301s and then a 304?

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RodrigoStockebrand last edited by

Curious to see if this is a positive or negative thing for SEO...or even perhaps, neutral.

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RodrigoStockebrand last edited by

Thanks man, I think this might be the video you are referring to: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-interview-googles-matt-cutts-on-redirects-trust-more
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irvingw last edited by

Any daisy chain of redirects is self defeating, especially if the purpose is for trying to transfer PageRank. It just will not work. Matt Cutts had a short video about this on YouTube about a year ago.
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