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  1. #1
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    Cpanel Parked Domains Problem / Htaccess Rules

    Hi all,

    We recently migrated to WHM/Cpanel from Directadmin.

    We have domain.com as the primary domain for the site the site in question.

    With DirectAdmin it allowed "Domain Pointers" (aka Redirects) to be pointed at the domain.com. We own domain.org/.net/.co.uk which all were simply pointed at domain.com so when someone visited www.domain.co.uk it redirected to www.domain.com

    When we started up with Cpanel we used the "Park Domain" option which unfortunately has simply mirrored the site. e.g.

    If someone visits www.domain.co.uk it remains as domain.co.uk/page.html rather than redirect to www.domain.com/page.html

    As a result, Google et al have picked up both domains/sites and we are getting penalised for duplicate content.

    I am assuming the best way to tackle this is to generate rules within htaccess to solve it.

    I have tried several combinations of htaccess rules to permenantly redirect any visitors who come to the site from www.domain.co.uk so it simply redirects them to www.domain.com but I haven't been able to get any to work. Some I've tried:

    Code:
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.co.uk$ [OR] 
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.co.uk$ 
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.domain\.com$1" [R=301,L]
    Code:
     
    redirectMatch 301 ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.co.uk
    redirectMatch permanent ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com
    I'd appreciate if someone could help me with this.

    What I need to do of course is preserve the entries within the search engines. So for example any entries that are present for www.domain.co.uk/about-us.html need to be redirected to www.domain.com/about-us.html

    If anyone could help that would be great.

    Thanks
    It can only be attributable to human error.

  2. #2
    301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection and this can be set up via cPanel in this way:

    1. Log in to you cPanel
    2. Under "Domains" go to "Redirects"
    3. Set Type as "Permanent (301)"
    4. Select your domain from the drop down menu
    5. Leave the text box after "/" blank
    6. Set "redirects to" to your new domain e.g. http://newdomain.com/ (remember to put http:// and a trailing "/")
    7. Set "www redirection" to "Redirect with or without www."
    8. Check "Wild Card Redirect"
    9. Click on "Add"

    If you can't see your domain in the drop down menu then first go to Domains -> Addon Domains/Parked Domains (any of the two will work) and add your domain there.

    Hope this helps!

    Regards
    Last edited by saadsalman; 09-30-2009 at 12:43 AM.

  3. #3
    Still if you want to do this via htaccess then the following should be the contents of your htaccess file:
    RewriteEngine ON
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mynewdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

  4. #4
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    what bout google webmaster tools redirect tool?

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by usproblogger View Post
    what bout google webmaster tools redirect tool?
    Never heard of google's redirect tool!

  6. #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by saadsalman View Post
    Never heard of google's redirect tool!
    I mean google webmaster tools now offering redirect right there. That could help

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by usproblogger View Post
    I mean google webmaster tools now offering redirect right there. That could help
    I don't think we need to use a third party tool when you have a simple and on-server solution.

  8. #8
    A well-defined domain name can provide tremendous advantages for an online business, including the added benefit of boosting performance in the search engines.

    Simple, easily-recognized domains convey professionalism and trust to search engine users.

  9. #9
    Thanks alot saadsalman the corerct answer is yours

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