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marcoo
Joined: Mar 10, 2006
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Posted: 03/10/2006 08:46 am
Hi All,
I have a problem getting my website in the Google listing. I know there should be quite a number of sites linking to me, but I don't appear anywhere near the top. I suspect that the way I open the site has something to do with it. Because the site is in different languages, each language is split up in different directories, ie /en, /de, /fr etc. In the main index.php I redirect browsers to the main laguage using the header method:
header("Location: http://www.mysite.com/en/" ;
It works like a charm, but apparently not for bots. It looks like the bot does not follow the redirection or stops indexing for some reason. Any ideas on how I can improve this behaviour? I don't want to switch to franes, and I am aware of javascript as an alternative however I dont favor that.
Thanks!
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
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Posted: 03/10/2006 08:51 am
Put the URL in your profile and we may be able to offer suggestions.
One thing I can say right now is. Do not use frames! V. important.
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marcoo
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Posted: 03/10/2006 09:14 am
Done. Any help is appreciated!
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Dinkar
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Joined: Aug 12, 2001
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Posted: 03/10/2006 01:27 pm
I would say - don't redirect. It doesn't necessary to redirect your visitors. Let them choose their language.
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marcoo
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Posted: 03/11/2006 05:07 am
So basically, have the root dir and basic language dir the same. That's an option as well. Have to think of a way to minimize administration on that. Thanks.
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marcoo
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Posted: 03/11/2006 05:57 am
I moved the content out of the default language dir to the root dir and remove the subdirectory. Afterward I created a soft link with that same name, pointing it to the root dir. This way I only have to maintain one dir instead of two. I still forsee problems with stuff like mod_rewrite, but it's a start. Seems to work for now though. Let's wait and see what the ranking does over the next week...
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
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Posted: 03/11/2006 06:13 am
Your server is dishing out 302s for the web facing page. Never do that. Your webfacing page needs to return a 200 header.
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marcoo
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Posted: 03/12/2006 04:31 am
How do i change that? The configuration is pretty default as far as i know.
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
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Posted: 03/12/2006 04:44 am
Remove the redirect and make sure the header is 200. Use WebBug or Rex Swains HTTP Viewer to check the headers.
[ Message was edited by: g1smd 03/12/2006 12:11 pm ]
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marcoo
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Posted: 03/12/2006 05:35 am
There's a Firefox plugin for this as well. Nothing but 200's while loading the main page. It redirects with 301 when loading the 'alias' for the main language's subdir, but then that's the same for the main dir. See what Gbot does with this configuration. Thanks so far!
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Hampstead
Joined: Feb 20, 2001
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Posted: 03/12/2006 05:55 am
It is now. Well done.
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