Web Development Tips

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You’ve got a great business idea, now all you need is your Web domain.  But it seems like all the good domain names are now taken.  Here are some tips to help you find a domain name that fits your business:

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Web page redirection is when a website visitor is transferred from one web page to another web page, on the same or different website.  There are two types of web page redirection:

• Client Side – The redirection occurs in your web browser.  Specifically, your browser downloads the contents of the web page you are trying to visit.  In that web page’s contents is a command to load a different web page.
   
• Server Side – The redirection occurs on a web server.  Specifically, your browser requests the web page you are trying to visit.  The server sees that request and redirects your browser to load a different web page.

In general, you should avoid using client-side redirection.  These methods include using Javascript, html meta tags, and embedded Flash on a web page to redirect.  Unfortunately spam website abused the use of client-side redirection, and so most search engines will not index redirected web pages.

In a future article, we will discuss how to perform server-side redirection.