Redirecting whole site with 301 to new domain

murph · 23-12-2005, 02:11:40 AM

I have to move an entire site (2000+pages) over to a new domain as i sold the one the site is on! It was only a month old anyway, so no PR yet, but gg has indexed about 500 of the pages and y! has some too. I have read many bad things about redirecting site-wide using 301's, but it still seems the best option.

Any recommendations from experience? And any ideas on the htaccess code for a site-wide 301?

admin · 23-12-2005, 02:58:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murph

And any ideas on the htaccess code for a site-wide 301?

Try this .htaccess redirect code:

Quote:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?olddomain.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

murph · 23-12-2005, 10:41:06 AM

Thanks. Is the '?' supposed to be there before the domain name and after the www on line 3?

admin · 23-12-2005, 10:52:21 AM

Not sure havent tested it, have you tried it?

murph · 23-12-2005, 11:00:02 AM

Ok cool, just tried it and it works.

htaccess code is strange at the best of times!
Admin, do you have any idea how long you leave it before pulling the plug on the old domain? I mean after it has been crawled via the 301 by gg etc...

23-12-2005, 02:11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
murph Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 558 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 5)	Redirecting whole site with 301 to new domain I have to move an entire site (2000+pages) over to a new domain as i sold the one the site is on! It was only a month old anyway, so no PR yet, but gg has indexed about 500 of the pages and y! has some too. I have read many bad things about redirecting site-wide using 301's, but it still seems the best option. Any recommendations from experience? And any ideas on the htaccess code for a site-wide 301?

23-12-2005, 10:52:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
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23-12-2005, 10:41:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
murph Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 558 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 5)	Thanks. Is the '?' supposed to be there before the domain name and after the www on line 3?

23-12-2005, 11:00:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
murph Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 558 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 5)	Ok cool, just tried it and it works. htaccess code is strange at the best of times! Admin, do you have any idea how long you leave it before pulling the plug on the old domain? I mean after it has been crawled via the 301 by gg etc...