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Martin
Martin

Reputation: 399

Changing a website domain and redirecting

We're moving a fairly large website from domain.one where it's been for a long time onto domain.two. If people still find links for domain.one we want them to redirect to an appropriate place on domain.two (if possible).

Domian.one is no longer required after the switch. I don't know anything about moving an entire domain so could use some advice on the best way to go about switching whilst retaining the SEO gained over the years.

Any help is appreciated.

Many thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 61

Answers (2)

Bharat Gulati
Bharat Gulati

Reputation: 796

ADD THE FOLLOWING LINES as posted by John .

Also log in to google webmaster tools->configuration->change of address

and change your url ther so that seacrh engine results are also changed. THIS iS VERY IMPORTANT

Upvotes: 0

John Conde
John Conde

Reputation: 219864

Put this in an htaccess file in your root web directory. It will forward your users, and search engines, to the new URL on the new domain.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Upvotes: 1

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