301 vs 302 & Link Juice

[CeeC-Blogger]

Has any one come across any recent cases of a 302 link passing more link juice than before?

[RepLoc_Tim]

With the Penguin update there are several people in the forums commenting on 302 directed affiliate sites (using shady tactics) moving up in ranks on the first page.  Despite this, I would not react to it or assume that it means that 302s have more power.  They are by definition temporary.  And typically after a big algorithm update, G will correct the occasional outliers that weren't expected, like the example above (meaning I doubt that they will last very long).

[Doc_Sheldon]

I agree with Tim... I'd even say that I seriously doubt that 302s had any impact at all in moving a site up, given that Google has stated many times that a 302 passes no link equity.

[MickEdwards]

Agree with Tim.  The key is that a 302 redirect is universally accepted as a temporary redirect header response - that link will (should) not last.