R.E. Directories that use 302 Redirects

[KSA]

Jeffrey,

Your original post suggested testing the URL at a particular site. Here is one result from a URL I tested:

Status: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:50:48 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.49 (Unix) PHP/4.3.6
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.6
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1


Could you tell me how to interpret that to spot 302 redirects?

Thanks!

Kathleen

[ResaleBroker]

Jeffrey,

Your original post suggested testing the URL at a particular site. Here is one result from a URL I tested:

Status: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:50:48 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.49 (Unix) PHP/4.3.6
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.6
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1


Could you tell me how to interpret that to spot 302 redirects?

Thanks!

Kathleen

"HTTP/1.1 302 Found" is a 302 redirect.

[KSA]

Thanks, Jeffrey

K

[KSA]

Just out of curiosity, is there some advantage to the directory in doing 302 redirects? I wonder why they'd do something that causes problems unless there is some advantage to them??

K

[ResaleBroker]

Just out of curiosity, is there some advantage to the directory in doing 302 redirects? I wonder why they'd do something that causes problems unless there is some advantage to them??

IMO, most of the directories I've come across aren't trying to be malicious, they are just using scripts that are can cause havoc with the Search Engines. Of course, like anything else I'm sure there are a few scoundrels.

[Yut]

here is their network, FYI.

4-agent(dot)com
4-realestateagent(dot)com
4realestatebook(dot)com
4realestatedirectory(dot)com
Accountingpage(dot)com
AmericaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
ApartmentRentalguide(dot)com
ArizonaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
AsiaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
AustraliaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
b2bre(dot)com
BuilderDirectory(dot)com
BusinessBrokerDirectory(dot)com
CaliforniaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
CanadaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
clickre(dot)com
CommercialCentral(dot)com
directoryrealestate(dot)com
DirectoryRealEstate(dot)com
erealestatedirectory(dot)com
EscrowandTitleService(dot)com
EuropeRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
Financialstep(dot)com
ForeclosureCentral(dot)com
ForeclosureDirectory(dot)com
foreclosuredirectory(dot)net
ForidaRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
ForSaleByOwnerGuide(dot)com
GolfPropertyDirectory(dot)com
HomeWarrantyDirectory(dot)com
housebuysell(dot)com
InspectionDirectory(dot)com
directoryinsurance(dot)com
InternationalRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
irealestatedirectory(dot)com
LandDirectory(dot)com
LinkRE(dot)com
ListingPage(dot)com
lookdirectory(dot)com
LuxuryHomeDirectory(dot)com
ManageProperty(dot)com
MortgageDirectory(dot)com
MoverDirectory(dot)com
NetSavvyAgent(dot)com
NewHomeBuySell(dot)com
NewYorkRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
OfficeSpaceDirectory(dot)com
PestControlDirectory(dot)com
PlannedCommunity(dot)com
RealEstate4(dot)com
RealEstateAgentCentral(dot)com
RealEstateApartment(dot)com
realestateapp(dot)com
RealEstateAppraisalService(dot)com
RealEstateAward(dot)com
RealestateBest(dot)com
realestatebig(dot)com
realestatebusinessdirectory(dot)com
RealEstateBuyerAgent(dot)com
RealEstateConstruction(dot)com
RealEstateConsultantService(dot)com
RealEstateDecorate(dot)com
RealEstateDecorating(dot)com
RealEstateDiscountBrokerage(dot)com
RealEstateGarden(dot)com
RealEstateGolfProperty(dot)com
realestategreat(dot)com
RealEstateHomeInsurance(dot)com
RealEstateHomeSale(dot)com
RealEstateHomeWarranty(dot)com
realestatehumor(dot)com
RealEstateIM(dot)com
realestateinformations(dot)com
RealEstateInspectionService(dot)com
RealEstateLegalService(dot)com
RealEstateLinkExchange(dot)com
RealEstateListingService(dot)com
realestateliving(dot)com
RealEstateLuxuryHome(dot)com
RealEstateMarketingTool(dot)com
RealEstateMortgageLender(dot)com
RealEstateNeighborhood(dot)com
RealEstateNewHome(dot)com
RealEstateOfficeSpace(dot)com
RealEstatePestControl(dot)com
RealEstatePopular(dot)com
RealEstatePropertyListing(dot)com
RealEstatePropertyManger(dot)com
realestatereciprocallink(dot)com
RealEstateRegional(dot)com
RealEstateRelocationService(dot)com
RealEstateResort(dot)com
RealEstateSaleByOwner(dot)com
RealEstateSupport(dot)com
RealEstateTraffic(dot)com
realestateyellow(dot)com
REALS(dot)com
RelocationExpert(dot)com
ResortOnline(dot)com
Search4Agent(dot)com
Search4Builder(dot)com
Search4byOwner(dot)com
Search4Consultant(dot)com
Search4Contractor(dot)com
Search4Foreclosure(dot)com
Search4Insurance(dot)com
Search4Listing(dot)com
Search4Mortgage(dot)com
Search4Rental(dot)com
SearchListing(dot)com
SpainRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
TexasRealEstateDirectory(dot)com
UKRealestateDirectory(dot)com
Work4Buyer(dot)com
WorldRealEstateDirectory(dot)com

[Homesurfer]

Who is Yut?

This thread is a year and a half old and no longer valid as it looks like the Reals family of web sites no longer use the 302 redirect (at least the ones I checked today). However, it takes a database page to get deep enough into the directory where the links are visible and I'm not certain that the pages where the links are located are actually spidered, cached, indexed, or whatever. I could look it up, but I've been delaying some work already and need to get back to it.

True, Reals does have lots and LOTS and LOTS of sites (more than listed above), most doing basically the same thing. I asked about it when I met the owner about a year ago (or was it two years ago?), and this is just his business model. I assume he generates lots of advertising revenue from it.

The only part about it that I don't like is when I receive a link request from one of the sites without a disclosure that it is a Reals-related site.

Still, as a business model it works, and not everyone is going to have the same business model or agree on what is "best" (and so on).

Which brings me back to a point I've raised in the past. People who post in the directory should have to identify themselves. Not that I suspect all anonymous posters of nefarious motives, but sometimes I want to see who is posting so I can assess whether there is an agenda behind the post or not.

To me, that makes sense.