How to set up a permanent redirect?

Dynamike · #1 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 08:18 AM

I received the following message as I had my website surveyed:

"Search engines may think www.detroitmichiganmagician.com and detroitmichiganmagician.com are two different sites.You should set up a permanent redirect (technically called a "301 redirect") between these sites. Once you do that, you will get full search engine credit for your work on these sites."

What procedure do I go thru to set up a permanent redirect between both sites?

Jonathan · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 09:15 AM

Your web host should have a procedure for this. Do you use cPanel to manage your web site? You can create redirects with it.

Dynamike · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2009, 09:20 AM

Okay, I will let them know. Yes I do use cPanel. It is new to me. I am not no pro in that stuff yet.

Dynamike · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Your web host should have a procedure for this.

You are right. He fixed the problem.

Michal Right · #5 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 05:57 AM

go check the .htaccess in public_html directory then hit browser refresh button while pressing shift and ctr

Dynamike · #6 (**permalink**) 10-13-2009, 06:22 AM

Problem have already been solved. And welcome to Website Babble.

businesssoftware · #7 (**permalink**) 10-22-2009, 11:35 PM

That is a good way to solve the problem of redirecting single files without affecting the whole website, thanks for sharing.

Juno · #8 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 03:24 AM

Great idea! Thank you for sharing.

MooBaa · #9 (**permalink**) 11-12-2009, 07:29 AM

Create a .htaccess file (Just open notepad and create a file and save as filename .htaccess also select save as file type ALL Files. The place the following code in the file one line for each redirect.

Code:

redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.yourdomain.com/newpage.html

basically the first part tells the search engines its a redirect, the second part is where the old page is and the third part is the URL that the search engines should be redirected to.

Hope this helps.

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