Best way to link 2 domains?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by Johnburk, Jan 16, 2006.

  1. #1
    I used to have 2 domain names, one of them .com and the other .be
    Because one was in English and on in Dutch.
    Now I have made one site where both languages are active.


    When I park the domain, some of the scripts of the page don't word.

    So what is the best option to link 2 domains?
     
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  2. Cheyne

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    #2
    Make one website primary (the .com) and redirect .be to .com
     
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  3. Johnburk

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    Thanke you. How will this effect PR and google search results?
     
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    It depends whether you use a redirect or an alias.

    We had to do 301 redirects last year from all our secondary domains, as Google was penalising us :(
     
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  5. Johnburk

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    So what is the best way?
     
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    John: I run several web-sites with parked domains attached. I think you can resolve your erros by making sure that your links and code use only filenames and not the entire URL. For example, you should probably use index.php instead of "http://whatever.com/index.php"
     
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  7. Johnburk

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    @newurbanmedia.com

    I have tried that, but it doesn't work.

    Can I just change something in the .htaccess file so I can keep both domains, but redirect one to the next and keep google happy??
     
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    If your site supports PHP. Point the site you would like to redirect to a file called redirect.php <- create this file.

    Then paste the following PHP code.

    <?php

    header("Location: http://www.yourmainsite.com/");
    exit;

    ?>

    Or, I would sign-up for a free account with ZoneEdit.com. With this free service you can forward traffic and mail to another domain name. (This is probably way easier).
     
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    @newurbanmedia

    Thank you. How can I point the site?
     
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    I think the best plan is to use ZoneEdit. It is free and when you create an account you can point the URL to anything. With ZoneEdit it is a simple form that tells the domain were to point.
     
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