Domain name redirection...spammable?

[brianzajac]

I recently had a client ask me about redirecting a domain name to a specific section in their website. Do the search engines detect this as some sort of spam technique? If so, is there a work-around?

[netbaldwin]

Depending on how you set up the redirect, your rankings may drop. This article explains it in-depth.

http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol4/promo_no15.htm