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How to 301 redirect from old domain and their pages to new domain and pages?
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Hi i am a real newbie to this and i hope for a guide on how to do this. I seen a few moz post and is quiet confusing hopefully somebody able to explain it in layman terms to me.
I would like to 301 redirect this way, both website contain the same niche.
oldwebsite.com > newwebsite.com
and also its pages.....
oldwebsite.com/test >newwebsite.com/test
So my question here is i would like to host my old domain and its pages in my new website hosting in order to redirect to my new domain and its pages
how do i do that? would my previous page link overwrite my new page link? or it add on the juice link?
Do i need to host the whole old domain website into my new hosting in order to redirect the old pages?
really confusing here, thanks!
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i tried pasting that code there and change the old domain and new domain but it doesnt work
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Yes. you should move your contents to your new host and redirect your old domain to new one.
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by parking the domain in the new hosting, all my previous pages will be gone right? unless i move everything from the old server to the new one? so i can redirect those pages to my new one too
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Yes. Simply park your domain on your new hosting and redirect it using this code.
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do we need to keep this redirect permanently? for example to keep the hosting on in order for it to redirect it to my new site.
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yes; all of your old links move to new domain without hurting your SEO. Its a permanent redirection called 301.
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by using this code
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]how would it affect my seo? would it merge from the old link to the new link?
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Hi
its better to ask instead of not asking
First, you should host your old domain on your new site and use this htaccess code to redirect 301 all your urls to new domain(don't forget to change newdomain.com and yourdomain.com with your new and old site):
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.olddomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]then you should submit a request in webmaster tools > change of address part to move your site authority completely.
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