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queenofdreamsz -> 301 Redirect ??? (1/3/2007 16:19:49)

Hey there,

I have not launched my website yet....

I have two different domain names:

www.dreamkingdom.us
www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com

Anyway, I am going to use the www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com as my main URL located at another host.

However, I had some woven labels made for my custom items early last year and they have the www.dreamkingdom.us on them.

Due to that I need the people that see my sew in label to be able to go to www.dreamkingdom.us and it land on www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com

I have the .us name assigned to a economy hosting plan at godaddy.com. though there are no files uploaded. Do I need to upload a file and if so what should be on it?

I have just read a few replies and articles about doing a 301 Redirect for the .us URL. It said that the search engines wouldn't penalize me since it acts as a way of telling the crawler that I've permanently moved to this other URL

Please give me some feedback on how this 301 redirect works if you don't mind....

I wouldn't even bother with this solution but I really want to use my labels since I have an investment in them.

Thanks again,

Stephanie



Larry M. -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/3/2007 17:06:43)

Poke around in the GoDaddy Control Panel for a "Root Domain Pointer". If GoDaddy doesn't offer this service you'll need to publish a page on www.dreamkingdom.us with a line of redirect script to www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com.

Get back to us if you need this.



coreybryant -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/3/2007 19:56:05)

Be careful with Godaddy if you use the registrar's service to push the domain. Awhile back it was rumored to use a 302 redirect and not 301. You can check the response: Check Server Headers Tool - HTTP Status Codes Checker to make sure it is 301.



queenofdreamsz -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/4/2007 0:00:38)

Hey there,

I've looked through my godaddy account and all I see in my hosting manager is about a 404 error.

Nothing about a 301 redirect.

Other than that there is domain forwarding and masking.

Please explain why I can't park the .us domain and apply the forwarding to the permanent domain?

Will it cause a problem with the search engine crawlers?

Thanks again for the help,
Stephanie



coreybryant -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/4/2007 6:25:47)

The forward should be a 301 redirect. But depending on where you are looking (I have only used them in the past to register domain names) all it will say is forwarding. It is up to you to either use that forwarding and then verify with the other page that it is a 301 redirect. If not, you will need to contact them to find out



queenofdreamsz -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/4/2007 14:03:35)

Hey CoreyBryant,

Ok, I thought the "forwarding" description looked the same....

So I can park the domain that I'm not using and forward it to the domain name that I am using?

I will call godaddy to confirm that it really is a 301 and not a 302.

Thanks again,
Stephanie



BobbyDouglas -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/4/2007 14:31:07)

If you follow the link that Corey posted above, you can check the type of redirect without having to call godaddy.



queenofdreamsz -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/4/2007 23:11:10)

Hey there,

Well, I set one domain parked at my godaddy.com account to forward to the domain that I am using permanently... then went and checked it in the Server Header check page and it came back as a 302..

Is this just a godaddy.com way of forwarding?

Now what do I do?

Isn't the 301 redirect the safest way to forward so the search engines know that it was a permanent move?

The 302 is just announcing that it was "found"

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks again,
Stephanie



coreybryant -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/5/2007 7:08:09)

From what I have read in the past - using Godaddy's forward via the domain control panel will do a 302 redirect. This is why I warned you. Calling them - usually will lead to I have no idea or whatever you want to hear.

Are you using the forwarding that is on the control panel on the domain part? I am not familiar with Godaddy's hosting at all and only a tad familiar with their control panel for domain registration.

Otherwise you might contact them and ask them how to do a 301 redirect and if they suggest what you already have done, you know they are wrong and ask them to check again



queenofdreamsz -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/5/2007 12:02:16)

Hey Corey,

I'm looking at my domain through "my account" then seleting my domains and that's where you can set nameservers and forwarding among other services.

I will give godaddy.com a call about this but if they only forward with a 302 then I need the scipt to use on a webpage to do the proper redirect...Now I have my doubts that they are gonna do a 301.....why wouldn't they be doing that to begin with?

Can someone provide that for me?

Thanks so much,
Stephanie



BobbyDouglas -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/5/2007 12:12:50)

If you call and they say you are doing a 301 redirect, tell them that you have checked the headers for the domain, and the headers specifically show a 302 redirect. Then ask to speak to the next level up in support.

For anyone on a non windows server, if you add this into your .htaccess file, it will say that whenever someone goes to dreamkingdom.us/any-folder-and-any-file that it will send them to dreamkingdomdesigns.us/any-folder-and-any-file: 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} dreamkingdom\.us [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com/$1 [R=301,L]


It looks like your website is on a windows server, so you will need to do this:

Remove everything from dreamkingdom (all pages, html, asp, etc...), then create an index.asp page with the following code: 
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
response.status="301 moved permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.dreamkingdomdesigns.com/"
%>


I just found this code online by doing a quick search.



queenofdreamsz -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/5/2007 12:41:00)

Hey,

When I signed up and I requested the Linux server but I noticed lastnight when I checked the header that it was windows. I want them to change that.

Ok, so if I put the info in the .htaccess file I put exactly what you've typed including the words "RewriteEngine, etc.??

Thanks again,
Stephanie



BobbyDouglas -> RE: 301 Redirect ??? (1/5/2007 12:56:21)

quote:

Ok, so if I put the info in the .htaccess file I put exactly what you've typed including the words "RewriteEngine, etc.??

- Exactly! You shouldn't have to edit anything either, copy it word for word.



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