Re: LUG: Permanent redirect of NCSU webpage - Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:15:36 -0600

Subject : Re: LUG: Permanent redirect of NCSU webpage

From : Kevin Hunter <hunteke@earlham.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:15:36 -0600

At 1:58pm -0600 Mon, 05 Jul 2010, Ben Berry wrote:
> I would also note that redirects and other .htaccess directives might
> be disallowed to prevent spoofing (i.e. Get someone to click a link to
> a .ncsu.edu address and the redirect them somewhere else).

I don't think that's that it. The ability to do a sitewide redirect
implies that you have control of the apache server already, which
implies that you *are* the owner of said domain. If that's the case,
you're perfectly allowed to to use .htaccess redirects, and is, I
believe, how it's done.

> If all else fails, a meta refresh tag will get the job done, if be not
> quite as canonical.

I think he specifically doesn't want to do it this way because, as I
recall that doesn't keep his Google rankings.

Kevin

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