Optimal redirect configuration from a misspelled domain that we own.

[SheriGolla]

We have a handful of inbound links to www.t-chek.com (note the hyphen). Our normal site is www.tchek.com (no hyphen).

We own both domains and have some sort of domain-wide redirect set up now. This works fine for traffic, but I suspect it's not optimal for SEO purposes. I came to this conclusion by looking in OSE and noticing that none of the inbound links to www.t-chek.com were also being attributed to www.tchek.com.

2 questions:

Is it immediately evident what type of redirect I have in place now, or do I need to figure that out?

Is the fix as simple as editing the .htaccess file on the hyphenated domain?

I don't have direct control over the hyphenated domain, and I'd like to be able to know exactly what we need to do so I can request help from my IT department.

I'd appreciate hearing your wisdom. Thanks!

[SheriGolla]

Thanks for the responses. I'll try to get a hold of the htaccess file and setup a 301 redirect. Thanks again!

[IanTheScot]

Strange. I can't tell what you are doing as a redirect. Usually firebug in Firefox gives that information. I would have your tech person make sure that you have a 301 redirect to your main domain if you don't already.

[USHoleInOne]

You can see what kind of re-direct you have set up by looking at the .htacess file.

A 301 redirect from t-chek.com to thchek.com would be your best bet, it will pass through the link juice from links pointing to t-chek.com

You would need to edit the htaccess file for t-chek.com