301 to an internal page

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by kapara, May 3, 2011.

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  1. #1
    hi

    i have a site, say domain.com.
    i created a shop on domain.com/shop.

    i decided i'd like to have the shop as my homepage.
    can i put 301 on index.htm to redirect to domain.com/shop?

    should i do seo for domain.com?
    will google treat domain.com/shop as my homepage?
    is it ok to do it?

    any ideas? suggestions?

    thanks

    lenny
     
    kapara, May 3, 2011 IP
  2. jacksamwhite

    jacksamwhite Member

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    #2
    If you want to show your shop as home page why not you setup your shop in root directory instead of shop directory? I would like to suggest you to set your online shop in root directory so that your home page is domain.com and its your shop too.
     
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  3. ponmayil

    ponmayil Peon

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    Google taken final redirecting url domain.com/shop, but domain page rank and back links are not transfered...

    Search engine treat as a new page for that one...lose already ranking keyword for domain page url also.

    Need to do seo for fresh, then only ranking for this particular page for a specific keywords...

    Redirecting 301 is one format and another one canonical link..

    for more information about canonical url http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html

    Hope clear...
     
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  4. monsia

    monsia Peon

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    I was clear and confused on reading this reply. What are you trying to say
     
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  5. Tarum

    Tarum Active Member

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    Go to your .htaccess, it's a hidden file. Paste this in (with your url).

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^the-website-guide.com
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.the-website-guide.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    And this is the full guide on my site (no promotion, just helping) - http://www.the-website-guide.com/change-non-www-to-www.html
     
    Tarum, May 4, 2011 IP