indexing redirect links

[Patrick.]

I'm using zoom on site that has a password section. It's been written so that security is check via php file and if it checks out the user is redirect to the pdf:

i.e.

http://www.{sitename}.com/index.php?download=something

check security, if ok redirects to:

http://www.{sitename}.com/files/pdfs/something.pdf

I've got Zoom indexing the secure section as well, but is there a way I can get Zoom to index the php as the link to the PDF instead of direct to the PDF?

[David]

In the case of a redirected link or a chain of re-directs, Zoom records the last link in the chain. Many people re-direct links to old dead pages to their new pages, so the last page is normally the best URL to record.

You can't rely on Zoom to prevent people discovering the URL to your PDF files. You need some sort of protection from unauthorized people who just type in the URL or get it in E-Mail from friends, etc...