I made a big mistake and put a site on a free host (big mistake!) The site got to the point that it was exceeding bandwidth each month. I followed the advice posted by a member and redirected by making pages like the following. <html> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="10; URL=http://www.newdomain.com/folder/pagename.htm"> <TITLE>This page has moved</TITLE> </head> <BODY> <P>This Page Has Moved<BR><br> Please update your bookmarks to <A href="http://www.newdomain.com/folder/pagename.htm"> http://www.newdomain.com/folder/pagename.htm</A></p> </body> </html> What should I do to the robots.txt file on old site until new site is fully indexed? I can find two of my most popular keyword phrases for new URL but not the other three. Any advice would be appreciated. Shannon
hmm ... So you are moving the files only without the domain name? Is it a subdomain or anything? If it's a TLD, you should just point it to your new host .. after you have asked your new host to transfer everything over for you.
Unfortunately no domain name other than home.host.com/~lastname/ Free host did not allow you to use domain name, have no .htaccess file at my disposal. Shannon
I looked and looked, but I couldn't find any way to 301 via javascript - just the meta refresh tags that you already have in place. You'd think there would be a general guideline, but I don't see anything other than "you are SOL" messages around. That stinks.
Hi, the metafresh redirect (with a 10 sec pause) is the best option I'm aware of, but I've no idea how long it will take. One thing occurs to me though. Lots of free hosts say no .htaccess - fair enough, you get what you pay for. But now that your site has taken off, I was wondering what they would do if you contacted them, explained the situation, and offered to pay them a fee to install a redirect....? It can't hurt to ask..... Cheers, Paz.