Double-Redirect with Domain Switch

I'm switching domains from DevLobby.com (no vBSEO) to Xemion.com/forum (with vBSEO).

This results in a double 301 redirect, which I know the search engines probably will not like.

My existing site is well-ranked, I don't want to lose it's rankings.

How do I get this to just one redirect? Thanks!

Hello,

you can perform 1-step redirect in case if both domains are hosted on the same server (point old domain to the same folder where your forum currently resides).

They're not the same server. Any other options besides purchasing another license of vbSEO to install on the original server?

If you still have vBulletin installed on your old domain you can change it's forums URL in vB admincp to the new location and install vBSEO to do the redirect.

Ok, tried that.

http://www.devlobby.com/showthread.php?t=9072
goes to:
http://www.devlobby.com/programming-...code-9072.html

It should goto

Web Designer Forum....

Am I missing a setting somewhere? Xemion.com/forum/ shows up as the forum root in the vbseo settings.

Nevermind, I just hard-coded a hack at the end of the vBSEO redirect function. All is good now, thanks! :-)

Great!