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I have a site that uses an immediate redirect. The reason for the
redirect is that is contains some javascripts for two purposes, that:
1) Point to either NS or IE opptimized site, depending on the browser
being used.
2) Point to a third site if the browser has javascript turned off in
their browser since I use some copyright safeguards thay only work if
javascript is turned on.
3) Get visitor count. I can access it, you don't see it.
4) Prohibit certain domains from getting in (don't ask).
The visitor doesn't even know they were redirected.
--- Jeff Hanvey <jewahe -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> I asked the question and got a lot of mixed responses:
>
> -Generally, the feeling was that redirects aren't
> annoying unless they are constant within a site.
> --Rather than redirect, go ahead and give the new URL
> whenever possible, since most people update their
=====
John Posada
Technical Writer mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com
732-259-2874
Only in America... do they have drive-up ATM machines
with Braille lettering
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