Redirecting Pages Which Are Already Indexed In Search Engines, URGENT!

[howudoin]

I posted this in another forum but got no response, and hence I'm re-posting it here. Please guys, this is urgent!


I have a wordpress based website which is indexed in the search engine like:

http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

I recently changed the subdomain to only "niche", so the above link would look like:

http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

Now since the site is indexed in search engines using the "niche-blog" version, is there any way to redirect all that traffic to the new version. That is:

http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php should redirect to http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

Thanks in advance
Bhupinder

[Brandon Tanner]

Originally Posted by howudoin

I posted this in another forum but got no response, and hence I'm re-posting it here. Please guys, this is urgent!


I have a wordpress based website which is indexed in the search engine like:

http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

I recently changed the subdomain to only "niche", so the above link would look like:

http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

Now since the site is indexed in search engines using the "niche-blog" version, is there any way to redirect all that traffic to the new version. That is:

http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php should redirect to http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

Thanks in advance
Bhupinder

A 301 redirect is the most SEO-friendly kind. Just put this in your .htaccess file...

Redirect 301 http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

If you don't already have an .htaccess file, you'll need to create on and put it in your public_html folder.

[howudoin]

A 301 redirect is the most SEO-friendly kind. Just put this in your .htaccess file...

Redirect 301 http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php

If you don't already have an .htaccess file, you'll need to create on and put it in your public_html folder.

Thanks for your Answer!

Now you need to tell me how to do this? I mean the code to be used in .htaccess?

Also, I'm using Hostgator and from within the cpanel I set the redirect of "http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com" to "http://niche.MainKeyword.com". However, this does not works since now whenever I click on "http://niche-blog.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php" it simply takes me to "http://niche.MainKeyword.com" rather than taking me to "http://niche.MainKeyword.com/Cat1/Page1.php"

Would appreciate the code and any other related inputs.

Bhupinder

[howudoin]

On this site I have more than 200 pages, so does this mean I have to create the redirect for every single page. I'm pretty sure some standard code must exist as a shortcut.

Bhupinder

[Big__Lebowski]

if your hosting has cPanel you can do this here:

and:


if don't read this: .htaccess file tutorial and useful htaccess examples

[howudoin]

Thanks for the screenshots but what you've suggested might not apply since "old domain" and "new domain" are the same only sub domains have changed.

What I want is that http://niche-blog.Domain.com/Anypage.php (Currently indexed in Google) should redirect to http://niche.Domain.com/Anypage.php, only difference being in the "sub domain".

Like I mentioned earlier, manually updating .htaccess 200 times would be too much of work. I'm pretty sure a shorter way of doing things does exists.

Can anybody suggest a shorter way?

Bhupinder

[orvn]

Originally Posted by howudoin

Can anybody suggest a shorter way?

You may use wildcards in your .htaccess file.