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Hi All,

I have just completed a 301 redirect on my site http://www.klinehimalaya.com and I was just starting a new campaign on SEOmoz and I got this message:

Roger has detected a problem:
We have detected that the domain www.klinehimalaya.com and the domain klinehimalaya.com both respond to web requests and do not redirect. Having two "twin" domains that both resolve forces them to battle for SERP positions, making your SEO efforts less effective. We suggest redirecting one, then entering the other here.

My only other question, is my .htaccess codeing correct and how long will it take to show it is correct in SEOmoz and online?

All ".htaccess" code:

AddHandler php-stable .php
**_Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteRule (.*).html$ /$1.php [R=301,L]_**

Lastly, I have recently changed all of my files from .html to .php is this going to hurt my SEO and is the code "RewriteRule (.*).html$ /$1.php [R=301,L]" going to fix the issue by redirecting the .html links to the .php pages?

Any suggestions or help appreciated.

Paul.

Hi All,

I have just altered my Google Webmaster tools in the Config (as per Geoff's advice above) and that appears to be fine for now. However, I have also updated my ".htaccess" file dong a 301 redirect, details below:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

I also have recently changed my pages from .html to .php do I redirect by using this code as I want all old links to now refer to the .php file:

RewriteRule (.*).html$ /$1.php [R=301,L]

Lastly, Thomas on the canonical side of things, is it necessary for me to implement this in the Head?

How can I see if the work completed is correct or check that it works?

Paul.

Ok, I have implemented the Google Webmaster redirect. and now I have tried the edit to the .htaccess file trying both options below with no success.

Option 1:
AddHandler php-stable .php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Option 2:
AddHandler php-stable .php
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.klinehimalaya.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Neither seem to be working when viewed here:
http://anythinghere.klinehimalaya.com/

Please help.

Thanks

Hey Mat,

Another question. If I have changed a page address from:

http://www.klinehimalaya.com/packages.html to
http://www.klinehimalaya.com/packages.php

will I also need to redirect the pages I have changed from .html to .php or is this not needed because I have not changed the file name prior to the prefix?

Thanks.

Paul.

Think I just fixed the redirect, but I still have an issue in SEOmoz where it is still pulling up both references to:

http://www.klinehimalaya.com/index.php
klinehimalaya.com/index.php

Apparently this will effect my SEO efforts, hot to fix!!!

Thanks all!

When viewing crawl diagnostics in SEOmoz I can see both "www.website.com" and a truncated version "website.com" is this normal and why is it showing (I do not have duplicates of my site on the server)?

E.g.:

http://www.klinehimalaya.com/
http://klinehimalaya.com/