Setting up a "companion" domain - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion

jennyrusks · #1 (**permalink**) 21-05-2007, 10:19 AM

Hi there

I have a website with a .com domain that I've had for a few years with a hosting company. This is fairly basic hosting. I was thinking about setting up the same name with a .net on another host which offers a lot more for less money..

When I get all set up with the new .net, I know that I can point from the old .com site so that all visitors will see the contents of the .net but can I keep my page rank and "maturity" on the new site as part of the domain forwarding?

thanks for your help

Jennifer

Learn Photoshop with Digital Design Cottage

Cormac · #2 (**permalink**) 21-05-2007, 10:43 AM

If you're dropping the .com in favour of the .net then you should 301 all your .com pages to the new domain.

.htaccess -

Quote:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

.asp

Code:

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently" 
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.newdomain.net"
%>

jennyrusks · #3 (**permalink**) 21-05-2007, 10:57 AM

Great stuff. Thanks Cormac.

Jennifer

Learn Photoshop with Digital Design Cottage

jennyrusks · #4 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 03:16 PM

Hi again

I'm trying a redirect with another site now. Basically I'm trying to redirect from the subdomain

Quote:

http://blog.digitaldesigncottage.com

to

Quote:

Digital Design Cottage : Photoshop Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and Training. Design Inspiration and Resources. .

using the .htaccess file.

I was trying this

Quote:

redirect 301 / http://www.digitaldesigncottage.com"

in the .htaccess file inside the blog folder but it's redirecting each time to

Quote:

http://www.digitaldesigncottage.com/blog

or something similar.

(I think) I understand why it's doing this but basically I was looking for help on what exactly the redirect should say because I'm stuck. Any help is much appreciated.

Jennifer

Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Digital Design Cottage

Cormac · #5 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 04:24 PM

This should do it..

Code:

Redirect PERMANENT http://blog.digitaldesigncottage.com http://digitaldesigncottage.com

jennyrusks · #6 (**permalink**) 11-06-2007, 04:41 PM

Hi Cormac, thanks a million for your reply. Unfortunately that's not working either, it just stays put on blog.digitaldesigncottage.com .

Am waiting for a reply back from the host to see if they can give me a hand.

all the best
Jennifer

Photoshop Tips, Tricks & Tutorials - Digital Design Cottage

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