Domain Change - redirecting
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Topic: Domain Change - redirecting
Posted By: Northman
Subject: Domain Change - redirecting
Date Posted: 21 May 2011 at 10:08am
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We are thinking about changing our domain name. Can we use a .htaccess 301 redirect? - and will this work: 'redirect 301 /forum/ http://www.newdomain.com/ - http://www.newdomain.com/' Plz. notice the word forum - and ignore the red - it keeps generating itself!? - I can't get rid of it.. The normal syntax to redirect everything under the root should be: "redirect 301 / http://www.newdomain.com/" - but our present forum is in a folder called "forum", like this: "http://www.olddomain.net/forum/"- so I'm wondering if I can do it as suggested in the bold line. Thanks |
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Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 21 May 2011 at 7:35pm
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If you are hosting with Web Wiz please contact their Support Department
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Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 21 May 2011 at 8:15pm
Thanks Mister.  Indeed I am hosting with WW - but you could have fooled me - I thought I read WebWiz support forums on top of this page!!?? |
MrTWS wrote:Posted By: Paul_T
Date Posted: 21 May 2011 at 8:53pm
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Northman, The support is excellent when you use the "support tickets" I have used them several times and to my delight was sorted within 24 hours, i even had support on a bank holiday monday. |
Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 12:29am
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Northman - You might of got confused with the "Web Wiz Forums" support forum instead of the "Web Wiz Hosting" support forum. it currently says "Forum Home > Product Support Forums > Web Wiz Forums", meaning the Web Wiz Forum software. ------------- S2H.co.uk - http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/" rel="nofollow - WebWiz Mods and Skins For support on my mods + skins, please use http://www.s2h.co.uk/forum/" rel="nofollow - my forum . |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 11:04am
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It's best to do such a redirect at IIS level. To redirect to:- http://forums.webwiz.net$S$Q The $S$Q on the end will pass across the page name and any querystrings to the new location. You also need to select 'Redirect all requests to exact destination' and 'Permanent 301' as the Status Code. If you are hosting with us it is best to create a support ticket giving old and new locations and we can get this setup for you in IIS. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 11:35am
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Thank you Bruce.. Yes, we have our hosting and domains with WebWiz. Would never consider any other way - I will contact you when it's time.One question though.. With this method, will we keep our ranks with the search engines? Thanks tp MrTWS, Paul_T and Scotty for their help. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 11:45am
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Yes and no, the 301 redirect is how search engines know that you have permanently moved the page to a new location and will update it's index with the new location. Although the 301 redirect will pass allot of link juice you would still need to build up the page rank for the new website. From past experience also find that once the pages are re-indexed Google will drop the page rank from the old domain as it does not page rank redirects. What you will find is that initially you will drop down in the rankings but will usually recover after about 3 months to around 85% of where you were before. To get the rest back is by doing the usually SEO work of getting link backs and now increasingly more getting shared on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Northman
Date Posted: 22 May 2011 at 2:10pm
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Thanks Bruce - very informative. I will get in touch when we are ready, and will follow what think is the best way. ~ North |