Hi guys,
I have few queries I'd like to get your opinions on regarding the topic title:
Would somebody mind writing me up some rewrite rules that will transfer any users who are visiting my site from the URL http://www.domain.com to http://domain.com in a SEO safe manner? I don't know a whole lot about .htaccess and rewrite rules and all that businees, but if possible could you make sure that search engines won't have a problem following the redirect?
I say again: I'm not the brightest buton when it comes to .htaccess and that mumbo jumbo.
I apologise if this was posted in the wrong forum but I felt this was the closest available.
Hope someone can help me out, I'd be eternally grateful.
Steve
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http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
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- 01-04-2006 06:46 PM #1Member
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http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
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Re: http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
This can be done via .htaccess (didn't test it, but it should work just fine):
Replace mydomain with your real domain name.RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mydomain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://mydomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
That's it.
- 01-04-2006 07:13 PM #3Member
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Re: http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
Sorry, bad code. It should be :
It works!Code:RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.mydomain\.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mydomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
- 01-06-2006 06:57 AM #4Member
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Re: http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
Thanks very much SEO Report Worked a treat.
Just curious now, how woud I go about doing the exact opposite? By this I mean 301 redirecting http://domain to http://www.domain?
I'm starting to lean more towards keeping the www. part now, as I notice it's more common when linking to other sites. If someone could provide the code I would be eternally grateful (again). I have a good idea what to tweak in your code to create this effect but better to be safe then sorry, right?
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Re: http://www.domain 301 redirect to http://domain
You're welcome, Steve!
This code should 301 redirect non-www URLs to their www counterpart:
PHP Code:RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
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