| - How do you redirect a domain to your web host? | | | | The best way to redirect multiple domains without |
| - How do you redirect multiple domains to one | | | | upsetting the search engines is to create a 301 |
| domain? | | | | redirect. This enables you to redirect an entire |
| - How do you redirect an old domain to a new | | | | website or a single webpage. Create a.htaccess file in |
| domain? | | | | notepad and save it as.htaccess.txt. Here's the code |
| - How do you redirect an old web page to a new | | | | to add to this file to redirect a domain name or the |
| web page? | | | | whole website to another domain.redirect 301 / dot |
| How do you redirect a domain to your web host? | | | | yourdomain dot com/ |
| So you just bought a new domain name and | | | | The first "/" means everything from the top level of |
| purchased a web hosting account. When you first | | | | your website structure on down will get redirected. If |
| register your domain name it will have the | | | | you have more than one domain to redirect simply |
| nameservers of your domain name registrar. Before | | | | place one line under the other for each domain. After |
| you upload your website files to the server on your | | | | placing the code in the.htaccess file upload it to your |
| web host you need to point the nameservers of | | | | server. Test if the redirect is working by entering the |
| your domain name to the nameservers of your web | | | | domain address in your browser. |
| host. The nameservers will look like | | | | How do you redirect an old domain to a new |
| this:ns1.yourhostname dot comns2.yourhostname dot | | | | domain? |
| com | | | | Use the code above if you want to redirect an old |
| Dot should be replaced by a period. It will take a 24 | | | | domain to a new domain however if you wish to |
| to 48 hours for your domain name to propagate | | | | simply redirect a old web page to a new web page |
| over the Internet. Once this happens your website | | | | use this code:redirect 301 /oldpage.html dot |
| will appear online. | | | | yourdomain dot com/newpage.html |
| How do you redirect multiple domains to one domain? | | | | Tip |
| Online business owners often register multiple domain | | | | If you're moving your website from one host to |
| names that are similar in spelling. This prevents your | | | | another host create the 301 redirect on the old host |
| competitors from registering a similar domain name | | | | then leave it there for several weeks before |
| plus it helps visitors to stay on your website should | | | | canceling your old account. This gives the search |
| they misspell your website address. The site owner | | | | engines time to spider the new links while maintaining |
| may also purchase extra domains to with different | | | | your current website rankings. |
| extensions e.g..net,.org,.info, etc. | | | | |