how do search engines view re-directed pages?

tsgeric · 08-30-2010, 01:19 AM

Let's say I am affiliate of, I don't know, a service relating to debt settlement. This merchant/ vendor / service provider gives me a web page customized with my own details, such as my contact information, but otherwise it's a cookie cutter template that many others have as well. Let's say this webpage is at affiliate.com/eric.

Le'ts also say I get my own domain name, crushyourdebt.com (I just made that up for this post, but I checked it, and it actually exists). I configure my domain settings so that crushyourdebt.com redirects to affiliate.com/eric but displays it inside the window so the viewer believes he is looking at crushyourdebt.com.

My question is, does crushyourdebt.com even get noticed by the search engines? -- because as far as *I* can tell, it doesn't actually have any content. Do the search engines treat it as having the content of the inside page?

In this scenario, is there any way to boost the rankings of this container page? Will backlinking be effective? (will off-page seo have an impact?) How do the search engines treat backlinks to domains that have nothing in them? Will the search engines follow a link to the domain and then simply go index affiliate.com/eric?

And, will crushyourdebt.com be hurt that affiliate.com/eric is duplicate content along with many other pages at affiliate.com?

Sorry that these questions seem so disjointed and perhaps random, but just trying to get it all out there.

bigbrian · 09-04-2010, 09:02 PM

If crushyourdebt.com is simply an iframe of the offer landing page then you have zero content on your site. Your site is going to be viewed as complete crap by Google, Bing, and Yahoo. If you are planning to SEO a site you need proper site structure including layout, tags, content, etc... Simply iFraming a offer and backlinking is going to get you nowhere brotha.

Brian

tsgeric · 09-04-2010, 09:27 PM

@bigbrian. Thanks for the confirmation.
So. as I understand it, yes SE's will see the page, however, it is considered a pretty crappy page because it's missing all the elements of a legitimate site. Sounds like google will then just consider it an empty page and follow the link and index affiliate.com/eric with all its content.

So, fine for sending people to this link, but not much I can do with SEO in this setup.

raksamuda · 09-04-2010, 09:35 PM

content and backlink is always a solution

Google.me · 09-05-2010, 05:21 AM

Just how they view any other website.

socialbookmark · 09-05-2010, 07:54 AM

crushyourdebt.com has a lot of pages so how do you say it has no content?
Click on links of crushyourdebt.com and then you can see the content of this website.

tsgeric · 09-06-2010, 02:06 AM

Hi @socialbookmark, when I used crushyourdebt.com in my original example, I was just making up the name as an example of a URL with a unique keyword rich domain name for a page that would internally be re-directed to a cookie cutter affiliate page. As I was writing that I did realize that the page actually exists in real life, but I have no connection to it.

For the people who recommend building comments and backlinks, of course, I do understand the importance of that, but the original question was, if what I have to work with is a cookie cutter affiliate page, what can I do to improve the SEO on that, in particular if using another domain name to mask and redirect. I don't think I can do anything. Imagine a window where the browser said ericproducts.com, but it was actually showing the content of eric.clickbank.com.

Boris_yo · 09-06-2010, 04:59 PM

Are you sure people with IFRAME Google views the redirecting webpage and not landing page? I ask because i remember that somebody was talking how to shortcut of having creating a landing page for PPC, just by having IFRAME on domain name, thus Google will read page where domain is redirecting traffic.

08-30-2010, 01:19 AM	#1
tsgeric HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 193 Thanks: 31 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	how do search engines view re-directed pages? Let's say I am affiliate of, I don't know, a service relating to debt settlement. This merchant/ vendor / service provider gives me a web page customized with my own details, such as my contact information, but otherwise it's a cookie cutter template that many others have as well. Let's say this webpage is at affiliate.com/eric. Le'ts also say I get my own domain name, crushyourdebt.com (I just made that up for this post, but I checked it, and it actually exists). I configure my domain settings so that crushyourdebt.com redirects to affiliate.com/eric but displays it inside the window so the viewer believes he is looking at crushyourdebt.com. My question is, does crushyourdebt.com even get noticed by the search engines? -- because as far as I can tell, it doesn't actually have any content. Do the search engines treat it as having the content of the inside page? In this scenario, is there any way to boost the rankings of this container page? Will backlinking be effective? (will off-page seo have an impact?) How do the search engines treat backlinks to domains that have nothing in them? Will the search engines follow a link to the domain and then simply go index affiliate.com/eric? And, will crushyourdebt.com be hurt that affiliate.com/eric is duplicate content along with many other pages at affiliate.com? Sorry that these questions seem so disjointed and perhaps random, but just trying to get it all out there.

09-04-2010, 09:02 PM	#2
bigbrian The Boss // Envyus Media War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 318 Thanks: 30 Thanked 57 Times in 50 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? If crushyourdebt.com is simply an iframe of the offer landing page then you have zero content on your site. Your site is going to be viewed as complete crap by Google, Bing, and Yahoo. If you are planning to SEO a site you need proper site structure including layout, tags, content, etc... Simply iFraming a offer and backlinking is going to get you nowhere brotha. Brian
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09-04-2010, 09:27 PM	#3
tsgeric HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 193 Thanks: 31 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? @bigbrian. Thanks for the confirmation. So. as I understand it, yes SE's will see the page, however, it is considered a pretty crappy page because it's missing all the elements of a legitimate site. Sounds like google will then just consider it an empty page and follow the link and index affiliate.com/eric with all its content. So, fine for sending people to this link, but not much I can do with SEO in this setup.

09-04-2010, 09:35 PM	#4
raksamuda Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 49 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? content and backlink is always a solution

09-05-2010, 05:21 AM	#5
Google.me HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: new zealand Posts: 197 Thanks: 5 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? Just how they view any other website.

09-05-2010, 07:54 AM	#6
socialbookmark Senior Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,507 Thanks: 9 Thanked 82 Times in 81 Posts Social Networking	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? crushyourdebt.com has a lot of pages so how do you say it has no content? Click on links of crushyourdebt.com and then you can see the content of this website.
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09-06-2010, 02:06 AM	#7
tsgeric HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Bellevue, WA Posts: 193 Thanks: 31 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? Hi @socialbookmark, when I used crushyourdebt.com in my original example, I was just making up the name as an example of a URL with a unique keyword rich domain name for a page that would internally be re-directed to a cookie cutter affiliate page. As I was writing that I did realize that the page actually exists in real life, but I have no connection to it. For the people who recommend building comments and backlinks, of course, I do understand the importance of that, but the original question was, if what I have to work with is a cookie cutter affiliate page, what can I do to improve the SEO on that, in particular if using another domain name to mask and redirect. I don't think I can do anything. Imagine a window where the browser said ericproducts.com, but it was actually showing the content of eric.clickbank.com.

09-06-2010, 04:59 PM	#8
Boris_yo Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , , Israel. Posts: 562 Thanks: 123 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts	Re: how do search engines view re-directed pages? Are you sure people with IFRAME Google views the redirecting webpage and not landing page? I ask because i remember that somebody was talking how to shortcut of having creating a landing page for PPC, just by having IFRAME on domain name, thus Google will read page where domain is redirecting traffic.