Comments on: Tracking URLs Tool http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/05/18/tracking-urls-tool/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Spider Ninja http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/05/18/tracking-urls-tool/#comment-10539 Spider Ninja Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:56:01 +0000 1736452553#comment-10539 This <a href="http://www.spiderninja.com/ppc-combine.cgi" rel="nofollow">AdWords Keyword Tool</a> is great to combine two lists of keywords for AdWords, so I thought I would promo it here. No tracking is done moltar, but if you want, I can send you a free copy ;-) This AdWords Keyword Tool is great to combine two lists of keywords for AdWords, so I thought I would promo it here.

No tracking is done moltar, but if you want, I can send you a free copy ;-)

]]> By: craig34 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/05/18/tracking-urls-tool/#comment-5469 craig34 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 1736452553#comment-5469 <p>So would you have this hypothetical ad.php script then forward the browser to the correct landing page?</p> <p>If this is the case, why not use a 301 redirect and allow the spider to follow - and hopefully gain the SE benefits as well?</p> So would you have this hypothetical ad.php script then forward the browser to the correct landing page?

If this is the case, why not use a 301 redirect and allow the spider to follow - and hopefully gain the SE benefits as well?

]]> By: moltar http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/05/18/tracking-urls-tool/#comment-5470 moltar Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 1736452553#comment-5470 <p>The question is do you really want to give away your list of keywords to someone else ;)</p> The question is do you really want to give away your list of keywords to someone else ;)

]]> By: DanThies http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2005/05/18/tracking-urls-tool/#comment-5471 DanThies Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 1736452553#comment-5471 <p>[QUOTE=craig34]So would you have this hypothetical ad.php script then forward the browser to the correct landing page? If this is the case, why not use a 301 redirect and allow the spider to follow - and hopefully gain the SE benefits as well?[/QUOTE]<br /> Any incoming redirect/tracking script should use a 301 redirect, <b>if</b> you are redirecting the visitor to a static landing page. With PPC advertising, you may be better off delivering a dynamic landing page based on the search terms used to increase your conversion rate, rather than trying to pick up a few marginal links. Letting the spiders follow those links and potentially find a bunch of nearly identical pages isn't what I'd call an SEO benefit.</p> [QUOTE=craig34]So would you have this hypothetical ad.php script then forward the browser to the correct landing page? If this is the case, why not use a 301 redirect and allow the spider to follow - and hopefully gain the SE benefits as well?[/QUOTE]
Any incoming redirect/tracking script should use a 301 redirect, if you are redirecting the visitor to a static landing page. With PPC advertising, you may be better off delivering a dynamic landing page based on the search terms used to increase your conversion rate, rather than trying to pick up a few marginal links. Letting the spiders follow those links and potentially find a bunch of nearly identical pages isn’t what I’d call an SEO benefit.

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