Comments on: Free Hosting and How to Deal With the GeoCities Closure http://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Boxerhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Boxer Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:34:38 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-450 I have tried the refresh metatag and it doesn't work either, as Geocities inserts its own coding and scripts to keep the Geocities URL (even if showing the pages hosted somewhere else). So I guess the only thing to do is put a simple link in the Geocities pages pointing to the the new domain. I have tried the refresh metatag and it doesn’t work either, as Geocities inserts its own coding and scripts to keep the Geocities URL (even if showing the pages hosted somewhere else). So I guess the only thing to do is put a simple link in the Geocities pages pointing to the the new domain.

]]> By: Scepticalhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Sceptical Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:48:05 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-370 According to this http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html canonical Urls don't work for different domains According to this
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html
canonical Urls don’t work for different domains

]]> By: Darrynhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Darryn Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:54:52 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-254 What's the status with the Yahoo request?Also to add further support the Canonical metatag won't work across domains as mentioned on the official google blog http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html and search for "Can this link tag be used to suggest a canonical URL on a completely different domain?" What’s the status with the Yahoo request?

Also to add further support the Canonical metatag won’t work across domains as mentioned on the official google blog
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html and search for “Can this link tag be used to suggest a canonical URL on a completely different domain?”

]]> By: ed fisherhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-86 ed fisher Sat, 23 May 2009 16:50:47 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-86 (cont. previous post which apparently will not post the metatag as written)...meta tag which needs to be enclosed in open and closedmeta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.example.com/newpage.html" (cont. previous post which apparently will not post the metatag as written)

…meta tag which needs to be enclosed in open and closed

meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0; URL=http://www.example.com/newpage.html”

]]> By: ed fisherhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-85 ed fisher Sat, 23 May 2009 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-85 Scott:Example of several opinions warning that the 'canonical' metatag should NOT be used for redirects to a new, different primary domain than your current page. http://www.globalstrategies.com/2009/canonical-link-element-not-redirect-tool/Another suggestion for Geocities redirects is to use the Scott:

Example of several opinions warning that the ‘canonical’ metatag should NOT be used for redirects to a new, different primary domain than your current page.
http://www.globalstrategies.com/2009/canonical-link-element-not-redirect-tool/

Another suggestion for Geocities redirects is to use the

]]> By: David Millarhttp://www.stepforth.com/blog/2009/free-hosting-and-how-to-deal-with-the-geocities-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-27 David Millar Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:43 +0000 http://www.stepforth.com/?p=994#comment-27 According to a really quick search, it looks as is some major search engines will count a 0 or 1 second meta refresh as a 301 redirect. Maybe that will help? In any event, the sooner one can create a new site, the sooner one can simply throw up a redirect or splash page and get visitors to the new site. Take care of that first, then worry about the rest. According to a really quick search, it looks as is some major search engines will count a 0 or 1 second meta refresh as a 301 redirect. Maybe that will help? In any event, the sooner one can create a new site, the sooner one can simply throw up a redirect or splash page and get visitors to the new site. Take care of that first, then worry about the rest.

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