Proper way to forward a domain.

New webmaster here so take it easy on my lack of knowledge guys.

I have several domains that are registered with go daddy. I want to forward them all to go to the main site (http://www.zantrio.com). What is the proper way of doing this? Godaddy does offer a service for free however I have heard this is horrible to the search engines.

 

I always use the rewrite method with .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*oldwebsite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newwebsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Insert that into your old domains .htaccess file.

 

Thank you for the reply. Please explain how I do this. Again I am a real beginner here.

 

yup. it's gotta be a permanent 301 redirect. most likely your platform handles .htaccess

 

what is the old domain and new domain name

 

the old domain is zevvo.com the new domain is zantrio.com

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*zevvo\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.zantrio.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Create a file named .htaccess and insert that into it, then upload it to your main web directory for zevvo.com, now all traffic will be redirect to your new domain, if you keep the same URL structure all URLs will redirect over correctly as well.

 

ok that sounds a lot easier. One more question and i think i got it. How do i upload that file to the main web directory of zevvo? It is not hosted anywhere.

btw thank you so much for your help ssandecki

 

If it's not being hosted you'll have to use the GoDaddy service.

 

after years of doing it wrong, I now know best way is 301 redirect

 

is there anyway to do a 301 redirect without having to pay for a hosting account for the domain that will not be used?

 

I believe you can 301 redirect via GoDaddy services

 

hmmm i will check