Question about 302 re-direct

[Tinderbox]

Hi,

I have noticed a competitor of mine is using 302 redirects to his website. It seems to me that he is buying a huge amout of domains and linking to his own website though this. I have never noticed anyone else do this before and wondered what people's views are on this?

[Dan-Petrovic]

302 or 301?

[Tinderbox]

Yeah I thought this was strange too but its definitely a 302!

[Dan-Petrovic]

Maybe they are doing this for domain traffic only and trying to stay safe for SEO. Otherwise they could be onto something I am not aware of! Any chance of seeing the website?

[Tinderbox]

I will send you this privately but I am interstested to hear your thoughts.

[AaronSchinke]

That would be my guess too. That is strange...