Can Referral Programs pass Link Juice?

[tomcraig86]

Does using referral programs, such as by using index.php?referral_id=0001 pass any link juice back to the page index.php?

I'm creating a web app that ideally I'd like people to be able to link to and bookmark - so that they can pull up their own settings.

Is there any way that I can solve both of these at once? The use of PHP GET and the use of SEO.

I'd really like to get a solution as I'm developing my new website!

Any help would be appreciated!

[itrogers]

I would imagine that the use of canonicalization or a 301 redirect would be the way to go. Can you set it up so that it tracks the referral ID, logs it, then 301s to your main index?

[tomcraig86]

Yeah thinking about it that would be great,so they land on a long URL with a few php vars in, then these are $_POSTed to the new form.... The page is then 301'ed, and then the content is displayed?

Any ideas on how to go about something like that? I'll have a look around our friend Google in the mean time!

[itrogers]

I wish I could help you with that one, I'm not too proficient in PHP. Maybe someone else with more development experience can answer?