Split test on a ranking url

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October 3rd, 2008, 07:02 AM

malta

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Split test on a ranking url

Let's say I have this url: /malta and it's ranking 1st for 'malta' on Google.

I want to make a split test on this page to try different layouts. Set up a 302 redirect from /malta to /malta/a or /malta/b and split traffic equally to monitor user behaviour.

With a 302 redirect I understand Google will keep /malta in the index but will crawl /a or /b and extract that content (however won't index these urls). Can a 302 redirect hurt rankings of /malta if used for this reason?

Any insights or maybe better solutions, will be more than appreciated.

Last edited by malta : October 3rd, 2008 at 07:11 AM.

October 7th, 2008, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by malta

Possibly it is because if you are setting up pages with substantially duplicate content and with 302 redirects which is not advisable in search engines.

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