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Why would this rank them so high though? Does the googlebot actually follow the http-equiv="refresh". If so, would changing http://stackoverflow.com http://stac

Why would this rank them so high though? Does the googlebot actually follow the http-equiv="refresh". If so, would changing http://stackoverflow.com http://stackoverflow.com to say http://dell.com http://dell.com make them rank #1 for searching for dell as well?

ajasmin 14y ago
That sounds too easy. Also, if doioig.gov redirects to stackoverflow.com that just makes doioig.gov an alias for Stack Overflow. An alias shouldn't rank higher than the real thing.
3pt14159 14y ago
There is no rational reason. I said as much and got downvoted by someone.