Redirect link from a particular domain

[Confetti_Wedding]

Hi guys/gals,

I have a few domains and blogs which I use really for a bit of fun and experimenting. One of the domains (abc.com) wasn't doing much but has a few decent links built to it. I redirected this domain to an active blog (123.com).

Here's the problem: There's a particular external link to the homepage of abc.com which drives a lot of traffic but isn't relevant to the content of 123.com which it redirects to, causing a huge bounce rate from this link.

Is there a way (maybe using using htaccess) that I can redirect traffic from this one link to another domain completely?

I've contacted the owner of the external site but they are unable (or unwilling) to change the link.

I hope I haven't lost you all but shout if you need any clarification.

Thanks in advance!

[ak1lz]

Yeah I got lost as to what you were trying to do man. Good that you figured it out!

[Confetti_Wedding]

Actually, it seems it is possible. There's a great thread on the topic on Webmaster World but essentially the code required is below. I added this to the .htaccess file of 123.com which did the trick! Now all traffic from abc.com redirects to 123.com except traffic from this one referring site which goes to the third party site.

RewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://([^.]+.)refering-site.comRewriteRule (.) http://www.third-party-site.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[ak1lz]

Since you contacted the owner of the external website and they would not make the link change then unfortunately you cannot do anything about it. You don't have access to there server files!

So basically you cannot change the link going to abc.com to site 123.com. Hope this helps

[Confetti_Wedding]

Hi, Thanks for your answer. Your example of the scenario is exactly correct. The issue is content based rather than speed. I'm trying to redirect the visitor to a third party site which gives them exactly what they're looking for. This article was the only one on the old site which had any value so it's not worth restoring. Do you know how I can redirect visitors from this link only to the third party site? Thanks again, Brendan.

[ak1lz]

May need clarification, but are you saying..

you have site abc.com redirecting to site 123.com? Also, site abc.com has a really nice link pointing to it which gets lots of visits.

Since the content on site abc.com is different than the content on site 123.com. The link is related to talking about letters.. but instead you point them to the domain that try's to sell them numbers.. then yes you will naturally have a bad bounce rate. Especially if your redirect is a slow process, people will notice you are making them go to different websites.

You could redirect the traffic from site abc.com to another domain using .htaccess, honestly I would restore your site abc.com and give the visitors what they are looking for!

If I have this mixed up, let me know! and I'll try to re answer. But if I did answer your question, please mark it answered