Which Redirect should i use ?

I have a site which has good backlinks and also some traffic. I am planning to start a new site with a better domain and leave the current one (there are also some other reasons for leaving the current domain).

Which will be the best way to redirect the current domain to the new domain so as to get the maximum benefits from the links of the current site and also so that the traffic comes to my new site?

 

Thanks Shawn.. you are quick

 

In php you could a 301 like this

<?php
header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
header('Location: http://www.newdomain.com/');
header('Connection: close');
exit;
?>

PHP:

And with apache mod_rewrite rule you could do it like this

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.newdomain.com/index.html [R=301,L]

Code (apache):

 

Thanks whatfind... i was searching on google for the same ...

What do you say about this one ..
In the .htaccess add this code :
redirect 301 /directory/file.html http://www.domainame.com/directory/file.html

*Note: The first part "/directory/file.html" is the location of the file being moved and the second part "http://www.domainame.com/directory/file.html" is where the file is being moved.

Which one will be better out of the three (the two you mentioned or this one)?

 

I don't believe there's much of a difference between those codes. Some servers do not accept mod_rewrite, you have to check your isp for that. Both easy to set up.

 

Thanks for the help Whatifond .... i will just set it up in some time.

 

Hey thats what i was exactly looking for ...
Thanks a Ton