Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs?

timpears · 10-27-2009, 04:48 PM

If I have a domain I purchase to redirect to a Clickbank product, can I get that URL ranked in the search results of Google and or the others?

I was wondering if I built a link wheel or a few of them, and did a back link project to that domain, would it be able to get my URL for that site listed in the SERPs?

Has anyone ever done this before? Is this just a stupid idea that would never work? Inquiring minds would like to know.

dburk · 10-27-2009, 04:58 PM

Hi Tim,

It's been done before, it's known as a Google 302 Page Hijack Exploit. It's a blackhat technique that could get you banned from Google.

timpears · 10-27-2009, 05:06 PM

Thanks Don. That sure isn't something that I want to hapen then. Just something that occured to me while I was reading a WSO I bought. But I will just forget that idea as one of the not a good idea group.

michaelmacro · 10-27-2009, 08:47 PM

Just to follow up with what Don said, I haven't seen a 302 redirect in awhile and all of a sudden two weeks ago I noticed a listing in a niche I'm in, suddenly appeared on Google's first page, sure enough, it was a redirect to a Clickbank product, they probably have the same WSO.

But they didn't last long, literally a day later they were gone and I just checked they aren't listed anymore in the top 1000 for a Google search.

SEO4Life · 10-27-2009, 10:15 PM

I have seen many links like this in google but they always seem to drop. Many times the site owner used to have content on the page, then they just removed the content and setup a redirect

10-27-2009, 04:48 PM	#1
timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 287 Thanked 522 Times in 379 Posts	Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs? If I have a domain I purchase to redirect to a Clickbank product, can I get that URL ranked in the search results of Google and or the others? I was wondering if I built a link wheel or a few of them, and did a back link project to that domain, would it be able to get my URL for that site listed in the SERPs? Has anyone ever done this before? Is this just a stupid idea that would never work? Inquiring minds would like to know.
	Tim Pears Niche blog, insurance, for sale. Plr rights. High CPC, plus low competition key words. Check it out here for just $19.

10-27-2009, 04:58 PM	#2
dburk Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 4,473 Thanks: 135 Thanked 640 Times in 552 Posts Contact Info	Re: Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs? Hi Tim, It's been done before, it's known as a Google 302 Page Hijack Exploit. It's a blackhat technique that could get you banned from Google.
	Don Burk * Get Results - Outsource Your PPC Management * Get a Keyword Domain Name - www.SeriousNames.com

10-27-2009, 05:06 PM	#3
timpears Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, WA, USA. Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 287 Thanked 522 Times in 379 Posts	Re: Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs? Thanks Don. That sure isn't something that I want to hapen then. Just something that occured to me while I was reading a WSO I bought. But I will just forget that idea as one of the not a good idea group.
	Tim Pears Niche blog, insurance, for sale. Plr rights. High CPC, plus low competition key words. Check it out here for just $19.

10-27-2009, 08:47 PM	#4
michaelmacro Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 19 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs? Just to follow up with what Don said, I haven't seen a 302 redirect in awhile and all of a sudden two weeks ago I noticed a listing in a niche I'm in, suddenly appeared on Google's first page, sure enough, it was a redirect to a Clickbank product, they probably have the same WSO. But they didn't last long, literally a day later they were gone and I just checked they aren't listed anymore in the top 1000 for a Google search.
	New York Restaurants

10-27-2009, 10:15 PM	#5
SEO4Life Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 40 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Can I rank a redirect in the SERPs? I have seen many links like this in google but they always seem to drop. Many times the site owner used to have content on the page, then they just removed the content and setup a redirect