Changing forum URL:s - two questions!

[bjornstrom]

We are currently using both 99mac Forum and 99mac.se as the forum URL. I know that this is not good for SEO and I plan to change it soon. How do you recommend that I do this? Some kind of permanent redirect in Apache i presume?

My second questions is regarding a total change of domain name. We have been contacted and must change the forum domain iPod.se | Allt om iPod to another domain name. How would I redirect traffic from the old domain to the new domain without losing our incoming Google traffic ang Pagerank. Also - can I change the VBSEO license to the new domainname?

best regards from a chilly Sweden!

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hello,

assuming that you have both domains point to the same folder at your host, you will add the following to the top of .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.99max.se
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.99max.se/$1 [L,R=301]

the statement above means: in case if requested domain name is NOT "www.99max.se", perform 301 redirect.

Similar with another case:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.yournew-ipod-domain.se
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yournew-ipod-domain.se/$1 [L,R=301]

Also - can I change the VBSEO license to the new domainname?

Yes, please open a support ticket specifying old domain name and new one, when you are ready to move your site.