lost search engines traffic ??
 

Guys, i want to redirect certain search engines to (let's say a sponsor) instead of the url of my damn trade script !!!

Ex: I'm third on "letssearchtheweb.com" with "blue midget" as keyword but the thing is, the url that is showing up is:
http://www.mysite.com/out.php?url=h...etrafficandiget theserverloadforpeanuts.com/hisgallery.htm
So, when you click on the link, you ain't going to my site but to his gallery. I get the server load and he gets the hit !!!

1) What do i put in my htaccess
2) Is it possible to keep the good listing if redirected ?

I tried this in the htaccess:
Redirect /out.php http://www.mysponsor.com/
but ALL the out.php goes to the sponsor, so it ain't good

Thanks a lot !

Sorry not sure of the exact code, but google has blacklisted one of my domains for doing that before :S

Speak fucking English.

Build a quick PHP script that matches REFERRER to the search engine domain. If there's a match, send to your sponsor.. if not, send to your homepage :2 cents:

OPTION TWO:

Replace out.php with a script that sends to your sponsor. Rename original out.php as out2.php, then update your settings in your thumb/trade script so it sends all clicks to out2.php.

You run trade scripts as i see :1orglaugh

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
NEAT
I'll give it shot for sure !
Thanks

if(strstr($HTTP_REFERER,"google")!=0) {

header("Location: http://sponsorurl.com");

}

modify as needed =P

that'll be $1500 kthx

If you're going to do this, make sure you redirect surfers only and not googlebot spiders, otherwise you're likely to lose your traffic.

WG