Homepage redirect dilemma, need some advice!
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Our site is built to show users things to do around their current location. For this reason we redirect users to a city specific home page based on their location. To do this we detect users IP address and 302 redirect them to the closest city with events.
Our site is below and you should be able to see the 302 redirect.
My concern is that I always here not to use 302 redirects as they don't pass link juice through. I don't think 301 redirect would be good either as it is not a permanent redirect.
Any advice on how you think the best way to treat this would be great or if you think the 302 direct is the best solution.
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I would not use a 302 redirect. I would create a navigation or a menu that allows the visitor to choose his destination. I never assume to know what a visitor to my site is looking for.
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, users can change their location but if a user is in Austin, TX then most likely they would like to see events in Austin, TX.
So to me it seems backwards to decrease usability for SEO purposes. Any other ideas that would enable this feature but still be optimized for SEO?
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The best source of information I am aware of regarding regional redirects is Google: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/03/working-with-multi-regional-websites.html
That article doesn't specifically address your question so I will share I have always seen sites use 301s. I have never seen anyone use a 302 in the manner you are doing. Whether you are using a 301 or 302, the user is being redirected. With a 301, page rank can flow to the next page.
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Have you not think about using meta refresh accordingly to the IP of the users.
Even though meta refresh is not a 301, it seems there are proves that it pass link juice.
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In my opinion that feature is a bad idea for both users and SEO.
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Interesting idea but I heard meta refreshes have been looked at negatively as well from SEs.
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