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Main Domain with 1 Add-On Domain and 3 Parked Domains

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    IrDVB
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    Main Domain with 1 Add-On Domain and 3 Parked Domains

    Hi,
    As I didn't find any thread related to my recent problem I decided to post it here:
    I use vBSEO and Zoint SEO. Some time ago, I changed my main domain. Then I set what I used to have as the main domain to be an Add-on one. Apart from that, I have three parked domains on the new main domain.

    The problem is:
    1- My previous main domain (the current add-on) has lost its Google page-rank (it used be have a rank of 4, but now it is ranked zero), while the new domain hasn't got its expected rank (it has a zero too).
    2- My website used to be the first result of Google for some special keywords. It is no more so.

    The content of my .htaccess placed in "forum" directory is:
    Code:
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forum.MY CURENT MAIN DOMAIN.com$
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://forum.MY CURENT MAIN DOMAIN.com/$1 [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
    #below is for zoints seo:
    #RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$
    #forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
    #RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ #showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
    # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
    # RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]
    

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    Joseph Ward
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    You should choose a single domain to use, and 301 redirect the others to it. You need one domain that you will use long-term (i.e. preferrably forever).

    You should upgrade to vBSEO 3.0. If you forum is important to you, trust only the professional, fully supported vBSEO solution.