301 redirect

[tdd1984]

Whats the best way to 301 redirect even my deep links like my blog posts, and etc need to have all links redirected to my new domain any one know much about this?

[zokiii]

I redirected my whole site from old to new domain with 301.

Just redirect all pages to new URLs with this code in .htaccess :

redirect 301 /news/example.php http://www.newdomain.com/nws/news/example/

This is just example for redirecting one page, you must redirect all your pages.

Even I can say that when I redirected my site, I had the same rankings in about 1 month.

[tdd1984]

Originally Posted by zokiii

I redirected my whole site from old to new domain with 301.

Just redirect all pages to new URLs with this code in .htaccess :

redirect 301 /news/example.php http://www.newdomain.com/nws/news/example/

This is just example for redirecting one page, you must redirect all your pages.

Even I can say that when I redirected my site, I had the same rankings in about 1 month.

was you ranked for very competitive keywords? also how old was your old domain, the thing is I'm thinking a lot of my rankings is becuase I have my keywords plugged in my url, but my url sucks I'm going to have to get a url. The thing is I'll have to redirect all my blog post links to then huh?

[zokiii]

I ranked for competitive local rankings.
Example : when you type fitness on google.co.uk

My domain was old about 2 years.

Yes, try to redirect all pages with 301.

[tdd1984]

very cool, so i will have to keep the old domain active for everything to work right? then just place the htaccess file in the old domain root directory, and the new domain put all my files in that root?

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by zokiii

I redirected my whole site from old to new domain with 301.

Just redirect all pages to new URLs with this code in .htaccess :

redirect 301 /news/example.php http://www.newdomain.com/nws/news/example/

This is just example for redirecting one page, you must redirect all your pages.

Even I can say that when I redirected my site, I had the same rankings in about 1 month.

That's great for a small number of pages but it's not the most efficient way of redirecting, though, if you have a lot of pages or a dynamic site (e.g., a forum or other PHP or ASC based site).

You're better of using a mod_rewrite solution. I'm not an expert at that by any means but it would be something along the lines of this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /news/
RewriteRule .* http://www.newdomain.com/nws/news/example/? [R=301,L]

[zokiii]

Originally Posted by tdd1984

very cool, so i will have to keep the old domain active for everything to work right? then just place the htaccess file in the old domain root directory, and the new domain put all my files in that root?

Yes, you will have to keep the old domain.
You place .htaccess in the old domain root , and put the files on the new server for your new domain.

That's great for a small number of pages but it's not the most efficient way of redirecting, though, if you have a lot of pages or a dynamic site (e.g., a forum or other PHP or ASC based site).

Yes, I talked about small sites, but if you have big sites with lot of pages you can use mod_rewrite only if you didn't change paths to your files or file names (then you must put 301 redirect for each file).

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by zokiii

if you have big sites with lot of pages you can use mod_rewrite only if you didn't change paths to your files or file names

The path (directory structure) can change as long as the filenames don't change.

[zokiii]

Originally Posted by minstrel

The path (directory structure) can change as long as the filenames don't change.

Cool to hear that

In the past I only redirected sites with small amount of pages.

[tdd1984]

okay thanks guys I just didn't know who has experience in doing this, or has done this I know several people that say they have but then again they wasn't in the top 10 keywords like website design and etc.

[wbguy]

301 Redirect is a form of cloaking.
301 Redirect is a status code definition is a part of Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

Cloaking is a black hat SEO procedure and the reason why it’s being used is it’s fairly easy to rank up in the SEs by employing unprincipled SEO tactic. If search engines realize a cloaking website it results in complete reject of the website from the search engine index.

Althought there are some valid reasons also

When you are upgrading your site and need to sustain previous files.

You already have a website and want to use your website with your business name or keyword

You can get more information regarding this topic at

http://outsource-seo.vox.com/library...ng-in-seo.html

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by wbguy

301 Redirect is a form of cloaking.
301 Redirect is a status code definition is a part of Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

Cloaking is a black hat SEO procedure and the reason why it’s being used is it’s fairly easy to rank up in the SEs by employing unprincipled SEO tactic. If search engines realize a cloaking website it results in complete reject of the website from the search engine index.

That is absolute unmitigated utter nonsense.

Originally Posted by wbguy

Althought there are some valid reasons also

When you are upgrading your site and need to sustain previous files.

If your directory or file structure or domain changes, there is no other way to inform search engines and human visitors of this fact without some form of 301 redirect.

Originally Posted by wbguy

You already have a website and want to use your website with your business name or keyword

I don't know what you mean by this - THAT sounds more like deception to me.

[wbguy]

Mr Contributing Member

I have written the valid reason also and i am not misleading you.

I also know when you already have a website and want to change it the name of website to the business name you will use the 301 redirect.

You can also use 301 redirect when you have flash site. Although now days search engines are considering flash site.

But Google takes Cloaking is a black hat SEO procedure and the reason why it’s being used is it’s fairly easy to rank up in the SEs by employing unprincipled SEO tactic. If search engines realize a cloaking website it results in complete reject of the website from the search engine index.

If you use 301 redirect it depends how significantly you can use the 301 redirect HTTP1.1

[minstrel]

Originally Posted by wbguy

Mr Contributing Member

I have written the valid reason also and i am not misleading you.

I also know when you already have a website and want to change it the name of website to the business name you will use the 301 redirect.

You can also use 301 redirect when you have flash site. Although now days search engines are considering flash site.

Why would you want to do that?

Originally Posted by wbguy

But Google takes Cloaking is a black hat SEO procedure and the reason why it’s being used is it’s fairly easy to rank up in the SEs by employing unprincipled SEO tactic. If search engines realize a cloaking website it results in complete reject of the website from the search engine index.

There's a difference between cloaking and 301 redirects. That's like saying "don't use email because some people use it for spamming and if Google catches you they'll ban you"..

Originally Posted by wbguy

If you use 301 redirect it depends how significantly you can use the 301 redirect HTTP1.1

I'm sorry - I am assuming English is not your first language - but I don't understand what you're trying to say in this sentence.

[wbguy]

Thanks for reminding me about the email.