SEO Friendly URL Redirect

[seokid123]

Hi guys,

I have a question if anyone can help me.

So we have purchased a dropped domain with a PageRank of 4 and we want to retain the sites PageRank but we plan on installing WordPress then adding relevant content and links to another site.

To make sure that the PageRank is kept I need to write a 301 redirect that will redirect any url (whether it exists of not) back to the home page of that site.

For example:
example.com/pages/page.htm ---> example.com
sub.example.com/page.htm ---> example.com
error.example.com/error ---> example.com

I have tried many different types of 301 but most seem to make the site go into an endless loop.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,

[zico82]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^whateverdirectory.*$ http://yoursite.co.uk [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^yoursite\.co\.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://yoursite.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

this is what I use. This will also forward to non-www. Who needs www these days?.

[seokid123]

I just tried that code but i get an error -

Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS): There were too many redirects.

The redirect is just in a loop, is there anyway to stop this?

[imlearner]

Don't you have Linux server ?? Did you enabled Apache Mod-Rewrite ?

Have you tried PHP redirecting ??

[seokid123]

Don't you have Linux server ?? Did you enabled Apache Mod-Rewrite ?

Have you tried PHP redirecting ??

Yes it is on a Linux server, no I haven't tried php redirecting is this an easier way?

[zico82]

Yes it is on a Linux server, no I haven't tried php redirecting is this an easier way?

If you show me your whole .htaccess file, I will fix the problem for you.

[seokid123]

If you show me your whole .htaccess file, I will fix the problem for you.

Thanks alot,

Here is the access file:


# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

[zico82]

Thanks alot,

Here is the access file:


# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Try this. Edit somedir and http://yourwordpresssiteurl.com/

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^somedir.*$ http://yourwordpresssiteurl.com/ [R=301,L]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


If you get another prob let me know. But that should work. Just tried it on one of our WP sites with a non existent directory and all was fine.

[seokid123]

I tried that code but it doesn't seem to have done anything. The website just works as it normally would.

[zico82]

I tried that code but it doesn't seem to have done anything. The website just works as it normally would.

Sorry I am at a loss.

It works, I know it does.

[seokid123]

Ah, I've tried it on a different WordPress site we own with a different host and its worked. I think it must be something to do with the server....

Thanks for your help!

[zico82]

Ah, I've tried it on a different WordPress site we own with a different host and its worked. I think it must be something to do with the server....

Thanks for your help!

No problems, glad to be of help.

[shankar lal]

can i help me..

what is rewrite url..


technic.

[shankar lal]

i guys.

pls help me ..


what is url rewrite technic..