Google submission issue

[Berg]

I use the following redirect in my index.php file in order to point my home page to my blog. Does this setup create a problem for Google indexing?
I registered my site a few weeks ago, but haven't been able to find it when I search Google. Should I put in Meta tags? Any help would be appreciated.


<?php
header('Location: http://www.alphastocks.com/cblog/index.php');
?>

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Adding the header('HTTP 1/0 301') header indicates that the document has finally moved, which would be a tad better for google.

Note that google can only find your page if other people link to you - and it might very well take 1-2 months until Google listens to a new domain...

Best regards,
Garvin

[Berg]

So would it look like this:

<?php
header('HTTP 1/0 301');
header('Location: http://www.alphastocks.com/cblog/index.php');
?>

Is that correct:

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

I think I made a mistake in the first one, which should read "HTTP/1.0 301".

Best regards,
Garvin

[Berg]

So like this?

<?php
header('HTTP/1.0 301');
header('Location: http://www.alphastocks.com/cblog/index.php');
?>

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Yes, just have a try. It might not work on all servers, and only if PHP is embedded as a module and not CGI.

But this is all optional, and google should not have a problem without it. But with it, it might react faster.

Regards,
Garvin