Yes, site rankings can be literally highjacked by your competitors by (1) stealing your content and (2) using a 302 redirect. How does it work? GoodSite.com ranks in the number three slot at Google.

Update From Matt Cutts of Google: It's definitely not related to the 302 on hotfroguk.co.uk though. See Matts full explanation below. A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has a thread about a site that ...

Redirects -- a common and legitimate practice -- can get you in trouble when combined with the actions of search engines. It's important to use the right method for the result you want, or you could ...

Redirects--a common and legitimate practice--can get you in trouble when combined with the actions of search engines. It's important to use the right method for the result you want, or you could wind ...

I wanted to share the importance of redirects and how to implement them. There are several types of redirects but the two most common are a 301 and a 302 redirects. Implementing a redirect can be a ...

Few webmasters or online marketers possess a deep understanding of the redirects can affect web traffic. It’s not a sexy topic, and people often view it as too basic for meaningful discussion. As a ...

Backing up a previous claim by frequently unreliable webmaster trends analyst John Mueller, generally reliable trends analyst Gary Illyes tweeted that “30x redirects don’t lose PageRank anymore” – ...

Gary Illyes, a Google webmaster trends analyst, said yesterday that using a 301, 302 or 30x redirect of any kind will not result in a loss of PageRank, that there is no PageRank dilution. Here is the ...

When you need to redirect a website or individual webpage to a different location, there are a number of different tactics you can employ. Each comes with their benefits and their problems, but if ...