Negative effect on search engines??
 

I have a site that is ran by a huge travel site.. They give you a site on their servers and you have to redirect the page from your domain... What would be the effects on search engines.

If, I was too change the site into a iframe,, where the user stays at my site.. And, in the .htaccess file show their links, as my domains link in the status bar?

Or, should I just get the .htaccess to redirect? To their server pages..

i have no idea what you're talking about, but search engines don't like frames. also, make sure your redirection isn't against the travel site's rules.

I have partnered with priceline... to sell hotels,, they created a site in my brand, but its on their servers, for the 'booking engine'.. Though, if I paid 6k-20k, it could have been all been on my site... but, I have to redirect my .com to their server,, sexxxxx.xxx/refid?xxx

Basically, I am wanting to know the best way for SEO,,, Since, the content is not on my server and technically has no content.. Plus, I was wanting to mask the ugly URL... with .htaccess code to make the status bar show my url and not their server... And, this is were iframes came into play..

Should, I just use the 403 redirect? And not worry about masking the ugly url

The guys in the SEO section might be of help

http://www.namepros.com/search-engines/

this all depends on how you are redirecting. for example, spiders don't follow temporary 302 redirections through .htaccess, but will note the change if it's a permanent 301. you can optimize the content all you want, but if it's a 302 it doesn't matter anyway.

and yes, this belongs in the "search engine" forum ;)

Originally Posted by undream2

I have partnered with priceline... to sell hotels,, they created a site in my brand, but its on their servers, for the 'booking engine'.. Though, if I paid 6k-20k, it could have been all been on my site... but, I have to redirect my .com to their server,, sexxxxx.xxx/refid?xxx Basically, I am wanting to know the best way for SEO,,, Since, the content is not on my server and technically has no content.. Plus, I was wanting to mask the ugly URL... with .htaccess code to make the status bar show my url and not their server... And, this is were iframes came into play.. Should, I just use the 403 redirect? And not worry about masking the ugly url

You need to think about a different approach, you're not hosting your own content or even have your own content as you say.
SEO wise, with a low authority site you won't get to see any benefit if you're not going to create something of your own.

Build your own content and create a call to action system to have your visitors complete the desired course of action that earns you commission.

If you're not going to build any content then what can you expect SEO wise? :bingo: