I was following up on some information on another thread on the links forum and came accross this Directory with a listing to my site.
After having a closer look I noticed the URL was not a simple redirect but to a html page and thought this may be detailed listing.
The rest is listed below.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
PS This Directory has sites in the US, UK, NZ and Australia with possible 1000's of listings.
I Entered the site at
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/Categories_Complete/Mining_Energy.htm
Scrolled to
Mining-Services.Com and the url links to
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
Click and it redirects to
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
"Object Moved
This document may be found here"
Click and redirected again to
http://w3c.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
"Object Moved
This object may be found here".
Click and redirected again to
http://w3c.xxxxxxx.com/indexvipsbiz.asp?ShopNoSpaces=Mining_Services_Com&Friend=Yes
"Object Moved
This object may be found here".
Click again and then finally to
http://www.mining-services.com/
NB:These are all automatic redirects.
I turned it off in the Browser so I could follow the redirects.
I decided to follow up so sent an email
Email 1
Subject: Please remove link from your database.
I noticed my site is listed in your web directory at:
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/Categories_Complete/Mining_Energy.htm
Mining-Services.Com
www.mining-services.com
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
Could you please remove it and advise when this is done.
Thanks.
Reply 1
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
Thank you for your email.
What we list and how we list remains our prerogative.
You are welcome to submit an updated link description for your site or advise of any broken links.
Best regards,
Email 2
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
The link you have for Mining-Services.Com is a redirect that may be detrimental to our site.
If you are refusing to remove it can you a least link directly to http://www.mining-services.com
Instead of the redirect you are using at the moment.
Thanks
Reply 2
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
I see what you mean; I did not notice the valuedmerchant directory in the link.
This phenomenon occurs from time to time.
We first saw it about two years ago but it comes and goes.
We use this directory to log the clicks out of our sites.
We use the prescribed 301 redirect so this issue should not occur but it sometimes does.
I am no search engine expert but I think when this happens it should actually benefit you as it is
supposed to transfer the PR from originating page to the destination page.
XXXXXX wants to be a good internet citizen so I will be pleased to discuss this at length with you.
We will probably learn something. ;)
We are reluctant to change or remove links because cached pages would then result in a 404.
Best regards,
Regards
minesite
After having a closer look I noticed the URL was not a simple redirect but to a html page and thought this may be detailed listing.
The rest is listed below.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
PS This Directory has sites in the US, UK, NZ and Australia with possible 1000's of listings.
I Entered the site at
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/Categories_Complete/Mining_Energy.htm
Scrolled to
Mining-Services.Com and the url links to
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
Click and it redirects to
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
"Object Moved
This document may be found here"
Click and redirected again to
http://w3c.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
"Object Moved
This object may be found here".
Click and redirected again to
http://w3c.xxxxxxx.com/indexvipsbiz.asp?ShopNoSpaces=Mining_Services_Com&Friend=Yes
"Object Moved
This object may be found here".
Click again and then finally to
http://www.mining-services.com/
NB:These are all automatic redirects.
I turned it off in the Browser so I could follow the redirects.
I decided to follow up so sent an email
Email 1
Subject: Please remove link from your database.
I noticed my site is listed in your web directory at:
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/Categories_Complete/Mining_Energy.htm
Mining-Services.Com
www.mining-services.com
http://www.xxxxxxx.com/ValuedMerchants/Mining_Services_Com.htm
Could you please remove it and advise when this is done.
Thanks.
Reply 1
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
Thank you for your email.
What we list and how we list remains our prerogative.
You are welcome to submit an updated link description for your site or advise of any broken links.
Best regards,
Email 2
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
The link you have for Mining-Services.Com is a redirect that may be detrimental to our site.
If you are refusing to remove it can you a least link directly to http://www.mining-services.com
Instead of the redirect you are using at the moment.
Thanks
Reply 2
Subject: RE: Please remove link from your database.
I see what you mean; I did not notice the valuedmerchant directory in the link.
This phenomenon occurs from time to time.
We first saw it about two years ago but it comes and goes.
We use this directory to log the clicks out of our sites.
We use the prescribed 301 redirect so this issue should not occur but it sometimes does.
I am no search engine expert but I think when this happens it should actually benefit you as it is
supposed to transfer the PR from originating page to the destination page.
XXXXXX wants to be a good internet citizen so I will be pleased to discuss this at length with you.
We will probably learn something. ;)
We are reluctant to change or remove links because cached pages would then result in a 404.
Best regards,
Regards
minesite
XXXXXX wants to be a good internet citizen ?