That fixed it!
the image search site preview window works now.
May I ask what that line actually does? I don't speak "rewrite config"
hehe
But that seems to have fixed the problem no more "exceeded the limit of 10" redirects
and no more loop spam in the rewrite log
and testing the yahoo image link preview works now with no error 500's
thank you again I'll have to copy this to a text file for future use in case problem occurs on future upgrades or whatnot.
just curious what that specific rewrite rule actually is doing and why it caused my problem?
again thank you
Edited to add: Ok I left the line and only took out the "3C 3E" part only, retested and still fixed... again I appreciate all the help