Redirect one domain to another

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    Hi

    I want to be able to close down one site and have any natural search and link traffic to automatically go to the new website. How can I do this without losing page rank or giving the user a 404 error page.

    Any help will be appreciated.
     
    webseo, May 20, 2007 IP
  2. Davidj

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    webseo,

    You'll want to use what's known as a 301 redirect.
    You can do so via an .htaccess file like so:

    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

    It's as easy as pie. :)
     
    Davidj, May 21, 2007 IP
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    It can also be done by cPanel's Redirects feature(Though, it also uses .htaccess)
     
    inworx, May 23, 2007 IP
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    Sinply create a .htaccess file into your root directory with the below line in bold:
    ErrorDocument 404 http ://websiteurl.com

    Remove Space b/w http and ://websiteurl.com
     
    Spider Man, May 23, 2007 IP