Wan to change domain name

[Sarao]

Hi

I have a domain with name (like) www.abc.com which is ranked in google as abc.com and have forums as forum.abc.com

there are some issues with the domain name so I want to change it, like new.com

I want to redirect my current google traffic to new domain ( i am getting around 60% from search engines.)

So, if someone search for a keyword and click on google, say its a link forum.abc.com/xyz/

how he can be redirected to forum.new.com/xyz/

I know I have to move all the content first and use a .htaccess with 301 redirect, what how to make that .htaccess file?

I only want to my forum.abc.com traffic to redirect to new comain, bcause the root domain isnt have that much traffic

How can I do that?

[Sarao]

anyone? please

[GWebmaster]

what's your domain name ?
give me URL of your name ?

[~ServerPoint~]

Use 301 redirect - that is more then enough.

[atlantian]

Domain redirect and everything, just ask your host for details... you can do masking and such...

[IndiaNets]

Which control panel do you have?

If it is cPanel it's easiest to do without having a bit of knowledge about .htaccess :D

-Vijay

[~ServerPoint~]

Server side redirect is masked and good for SEO benefits. ONLY redirect on the SERVER

[Sarao]

Thanx for the replies. I have moved my website using .htaccess rewrite rule, which is as follows.

RewriteEngine On

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

I am getting pretty good. But dont know how google will react on this. Also, one thing I want to, should I remove the old sitemap from Webmaste tools?

[abercrombie]

usually, google recognizes the same content via the 301 redirect to the newsite.com and makes sure it isn't sandboxed. i'd like to know how this comes along and if you lose any SERP over the next few months.