Thread: .htaccess - How to properly redirect a domain?

Well, I've recently acquired a .org domain to redirect my .info

palmbeachtravel(.)info >>> palmbeachtravel(.)org

Now I need to get a proper redirect not to loose any traffic, rankings, bla bla... (bare in mind I get some good traffic from Google images that I don't want to waste)

How can I do it using .htaccess ? (I believe it's the best way)

Thx a lot!

Could use this 301 redirect

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond {HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain2\.info [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain1.org/$1 [R=301,L]

That will redirect requests for files in www.domain2.info or domain2.info to the same files in www.domain1.org

Coolness!
So, that means that I only need to change domain1 and domain2 with palmbeachtravel and it'll work!

(I really don't know s*it about .htaccess)

Thx a lot mate!

You got it

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond {HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?palmbeachtravel\.info [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.palmbeachtravel.org/$1 [R=301,L]

I have always wondered, is there an advantage to using mod rewrite over using redirect?

Code:

Redirect 301 /                                      http://www.example.com/

That's my major question also, but I'm not sure Redirect allows me to keep my Google images traffic...

/me tests later

Now this is weird...

I had to use something like:

Code:

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

Otherwise it wouldn't work...

Ye i like useing 403 redirect or if you have cpanel just add a redirect in the control panel

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

I have always wondered, is there an advantage to using mod rewrite over using redirect?

Code:

Redirect 301 /                                      http://www.example.com/

redirect is just aliased to mod_rewrite...

You should always use a 301 redirect. The problem with specifying each redirect instead of using regex is scalability. It's MUCH easier to make sure every URL is properly redirected with regex than it is to manually specify hundreds of URLs.