[BNM] Passing pagerank through a redirect

[Tim Aldiss]

Did you resolve this Alastair?
This sort of stuff can work, a 300 HTTP code is wrong though, should be a
301.

The other option is to use the new canonical tag, e.g. link directly to URL
B from the site he wants to track from

a)      www.domain.com/my-page-I-want-to-link-to.html
b)      www.domain.com/my-page-I-want-to-link-to.html?visitor=1

Have this canonical tag on both URL a) and b):

<link rel="canonical" href="
http://www.domain.com/my-page-I-want-to-link-to.html" />

I’m not sure why analytics would not be accurate enough though? Should be
just as accurate if it’s set up correctly

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2009/4/29 Alastair James <al.james at gmail.com>

> Hi there...
>
> I want to set up a link that passes pagerank (from an external site)
> to a page on ours. However, I also want to be able to track the click
> (exactly, analytics not accurate enough)...
>
> So if the link needs to pass page rank to this page:
>
> www.domain.com/my-page-I-want-to-link-to.html
>
> And I set up a redirect script:
>
>
> www.domain.com/redirect.php?url=www.domain.com/my-page-I-want-to-link-to.html
>
> That redirects using a 300 HTTP code, will that be ok?
>
> * Any pitfalls I should avoid?
> * Is this as good as a direct link for passing pagerank?
> * Does google frown upon this?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Al
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