I often take screenshots as I browse the web, and I’ve found some weird rankings. This isn’t really outing, just some odd things I’ve noticed around. I’d love to hear your theories as to what’s behind each of these.
302 Found
Why not just index the original page or the one it redirects to? Also, when I checked just now with Live HTTP headers, it shows only 300, 304 and 200 status codes – no 301 or 302 redirects.
Dr. Oz Weird redirect? Cloaking?
The above search results would make you think you’re going to droztv.com . Actually, you go to Oprah.com .
It looks like Dr. Oz’s site is at one particular location. But go there, and you’ll find yourself redirected elsewhere. Is it cloaking? Is it canonicalization? Note: I don’t think this is outing since 1) Oz’s web people probably have no idea they’re making the engines act wonky and 2) No penalty would happen to a celebrity brand like Dr. Oz, so the outing debate is irrelevant.
Acai Berry Complaints? Or something else entirely?
Fascinating page. Check it out and see for yourselves.
What is this?
If anyone can explain why this is ranking and what it is, I’m all ears.
