question about search engine - GoFuckYourself.com

TheMan · 01-11-2003, 02:25 PM

if I try to redirect traffic from a search engine that goes to my tgp to a paysite will I get banned ?? I mean is it most likely that the search engine will catch me ?

Is anyone doing this ??

Thanks

JackFoley · 01-11-2003, 02:30 PM

I don't redirect but I put a link with their search query like

"Looking for [their search terms here]? Click here!"

that sends them to an appropriate sponsor, it works well and SEs don't notice/care.

Really the only way an SE will notice that you're redirecting is if a.) someone reports it, or b.) their bot comes from the same domain as the SE (so if you only redirect hits coming from google.com then googlebot.com would get your TGP page and you wouldn't get banned for redirecting).

TheMan · 01-11-2003, 02:34 PM

Hmm... ok cool
So is that what google uses? googlebot.com or was that an example???

Any chance u know what yahoo uses??

Thanks

JackFoley · 01-11-2003, 02:36 PM

http://www.searchengineworld.com/spiders/spider_ips.htm

Not sure how current that list is, though.

01-11-2003, 02:25 PM	#1
TheMan Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 734	question about search engine if I try to redirect traffic from a search engine that goes to my tgp to a paysite will I get banned ?? I mean is it most likely that the search engine will catch me ? Is anyone doing this ?? Thanks

01-11-2003, 02:30 PM	#2
JackFoley Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pac-land Posts: 858	I don't redirect but I put a link with their search query like "Looking for [their search terms here]? Click here!" that sends them to an appropriate sponsor, it works well and SEs don't notice/care. Really the only way an SE will notice that you're redirecting is if a.) someone reports it, or b.) their bot comes from the same domain as the SE (so if you only redirect hits coming from google.com then googlebot.com would get your TGP page and you wouldn't get banned for redirecting). __________________ SUBMIT \| TRADE \| CONTACT

01-11-2003, 02:36 PM	#4
JackFoley Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Pac-land Posts: 858	http://www.searchengineworld.com/spiders/spider_ips.htm Not sure how current that list is, though. __________________ SUBMIT \| TRADE \| CONTACT

01-11-2003, 02:34 PM	#3
TheMan Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 734	Hmm... ok cool So is that what google uses? googlebot.com or was that an example??? Any chance u know what yahoo uses?? Thanks