Advice pls on 2 url's for 1 site.

bluerock · 09-05-2011, 11:00:46 AM

I've got the .com and .co.uk for a site I plan to put up.
I want to use the .com and have the .uk forward to the .com site.

Whats the best way to do this as I don't want the .uk url being the primary google listing.
Is a .htaccess the way?

Any advice appreciated....cheers

Edwin · 09-05-2011, 11:17:40 AM

Point both domains at the same IP, 301 redirect the .co.uk domain in .htaccess to the .com version, use the "rel=canonical" meta tag on each page of the site (referencing the full URL of the page, .com version) and submit a "change of address" request inside Google Webmaster Tools for the .co.uk version in favour of the .com domain.

That should help cement the right domain as the authoritative one!

gregfindley · 09-05-2011, 11:18:55 AM

301 redirect on the .co.uk to the .com is your best bet by the sounds of it...

redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/

EDIT: Does either domain have an existing website?

bluerock · 11-05-2011, 01:46:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregfindley

EDIT: Does either domain have an existing website?

Cheers Edwin and Greg, appreciated.

At present no site. Wanted to get the right answer before I screwed things up!

Maccke · 06-06-2011, 04:42:24 PM

I found a redirect plugin for Wordpress the other day.

harryhamlin · 24-06-2011, 02:11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maccke

I found a redirect plugin for Wordpress the other day.

Hmmm this should work fine...no skill required..

djbw · 24-06-2011, 11:01:35 PM

If your hosting uses cPanel then there is always the domain parking option, and you can set it to redirect to the other one. I'm pretty sure this just generates a .htaccess file but you might feel more comfortable doing it this way.
Incidentally, if that's the wordpress redirection plugin I think it is, I had problems with it redirecting the entire domain name to the latest post every time I posted something new, so stopped using it.

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djbw Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 120 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 8)	If your hosting uses cPanel then there is always the domain parking option, and you can set it to redirect to the other one. I'm pretty sure this just generates a .htaccess file but you might feel more comfortable doing it this way. Incidentally, if that's the wordpress redirection plugin I think it is, I had problems with it redirecting the entire domain name to the latest post every time I posted something new, so stopped using it.