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      • ForForce
        ForForce last edited by

        I think the answer your looking for is in the very link you provided 🙂

        http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.in/2012/08/website-testing-google-search.html

        1. Do not redirect only bots.... This is seen as deceptive and will get you a nice penalty.
        2. 302 is a good solution.  Just make sure you do it with the same frequency you do for a real person... no special handling for google bot.
        3. If you prefer one version remain indexed over another version, use the rel=“canonical” link attribute
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