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What are mirror and redirect sites?

April 26, 2017mirror redirect sites

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What are mirror and redirect sites?

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Mirror sites contain the same content as another site, but have a different URL. As an example, John Smith has a store so he sets up johnsmith.mystore.com. To get more traffic, he then puts the same content on johnsmith.anotherstore.com. The sites are identical except for the URL. Only one URL should be listed.Fraternal mirrors or subsites may look different from each other but offer the same or overlapping content. Some fraternal mirrors may only contain a subset of the content on the company’s main site; others mirror all of the main site’s content. Only the main URL should be listed.Redirect sites are URLs which take you to another URL. They are similar to a mirror, except that you go through the site to get to the information. As an example, when you go to johnsmith.anotherstore.com, you get taken to johnsmith.mystore.com. Only johnsmith.mystore.com should be listed. This applies to all kinds of redirects, independent of which of several redirect methods has been used.