Fastest Way to Redirect?

chad362wiley

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Dec 8, 2011

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #1

Hey all,

Right now I just use an HTML redirect to mask my link:

Code:

[COLOR=#800000][FONT=Consolas]<meta [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Consolas]http-equiv[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=Consolas]"refresh"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000][FONT=Consolas]content[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Consolas]=[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF][FONT=Consolas]"0; url=http://example.com/"[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#800000][FONT=Consolas]>[/FONT][/COLOR]

Are there any faster ways of doing this? Whenever I load the 1st domain there is always a delay before redirecting to the second URL.

Thanks!

Chad

 

qrazy

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Mar 19, 2012

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #2

You can also add redirects in .htaccess file which should be little faster.

 

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TheeAriGrande

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Jul 14, 2013

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #3

There are a couple other ways of redirecting.

1. .htaccess
2. PHP header redirect
3. Javascript redirect

I believe 1 or 2 would be faster than the meta redirect you are using now. I haven't ran any benchmarks so I don't have the numbers to back it up.

 

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SEOtheWorld

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #4

I always use .htaccess redirects. httpd.conf are a slight bit faster, but usually you won't have access to that file unless you have a dedicated server.

 

ahiddenman

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Dec 11, 2010

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #5

I usually just do a cPanel re-direct, quick and easy.

 

Moosey

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #6

You can also wildcard, but it's permanent.

 

todordonev

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• Jul 25, 2013

• #7

Depending on your needs
1. Link shortener
2. Domain redirect (use dot.tk for free domains)

 

CodingAndStuff

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• Jul 25, 2013

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The fastest way for you to redirect a user from one domain to another would be to use .htaccess. If you redirect in PHP, it has to load the PHP module, process it, and return the headers. In HTML/Javascript you have to wait for the response. With .htaccess and whatever http server you're using it will send a redir header back nearly instantly without loading all of those extra resources.

 

chad362wiley

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• #9

Ended up going with .htaccess, very fast. Thanks guys.

 

makinsales

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• Aug 4, 2013

• #10

Sup chad,
I also use php redirect. Since noone put the code, here it is.

Code:

<?php

header('Location: http://blackhatworld.com');

?>

then you just save as a .php file.
like.. yourwebsite.com/blackhatworld.php

I also like the pretty link plugin for wordpress. http://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/