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Creating permanent redirect for blogger blog

by jeyaprakash
10 replies
Dear People,

I am using a custom domain with blogger for my blog. I need help in creating a permanent redirect (301). In blogger I configured to redirect the 'non-www' to 'www' (hope it creates a 302 redirect).

In the Google webmaster, in settings, I set the custom domain to 'www' version. Hope it creates a search engine friendly redirection for google. But, it is not the only search engine out there.

I need a permanent redirect 301 for all search engines. Hope there is no way to use htaccess with blogger hosting. Kindly let me know if I could solve this problem.

I am quite new to all these things. Please write in a simple language.
#blog #blogger #creating #permanent #redirect
  • Profile picture of the author Foo
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    • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
      Foo, thanks for the reply. I would like to know whether there is any solution considering the existing situation.
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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    This seems to be a step by step guide to do this:

    Migrating-Redirecting Blogger to Wordpress: The Complete Guide!


    Ken
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    • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
      Hi Ken, Thanks for the reply. Hope I was mis understood. I don't want to shift my blogger blog to wordpress. I shall remain in blogger. I just wanted to create a permanent redirect of non-www version of my domain to www version. I would like to know if there is any way of doing it, staying with the blogger hosting. Kindly do help!
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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    It seems you could simply use the www version of your custom domain
    in step 3 rather than using a different domain name as the instructions
    are originally intended.

    May be worth a try.


    Ken
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    • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
      Dear Ken,

      I don't understand what you mean as step 3. Is that entering the custom domain in the blogger. If so, I have already entered the www version only. But still, if I check the redirect status of my domain without www, it shows that it has been redirected by 302 (temporary redirect) which is not search engine friendly.

      Jeyaprakash
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  • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
    Jeyaprakash,

    Sorry for asking, but did you go to the link and read it?

    This has you using a hosting account and redirecting using
    htaccess. You would redirect the non-www to www.

    Step 3 explains the process but the example is for two completely
    different domains.

    All I am suggesting is you use it for what you need - non-www and
    www domains even if the name is the same.

    Hope that clarifies.


    Ken
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    • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
      Hi Ken,

      Thanks for the reply. Now I remember. I have read your posts before shifting to a custom domain. Ha ha.. That created interest in me to make a shift.

      I read the link you gave. The third step speaks of domain parking. I thought that is something to do with blogger to wordpress shifting as I understood parking as a redirect to a temporary page.

      I got my domain from znetindia. In their DNS management area, link like this regarding parking or redirect is not there. It seems to be complicated for a fresher like me. A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, NS, TXT, SRV and SOA records are there.

      I read this page of yours also

      blogbloke.com/custom-domain-blogger-dns-seo-godaddy/

      I made some changes in CNAME and A records as mentioned in the blogger while setting up my custom domain. Now, for a permanent redirect, should I do anything with these records. I am not still able to make out.

      Jeyaprakash
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      • Profile picture of the author KenThompson
        Originally Posted by jeyaprakash View Post

        I read this page of yours also
        That is not my site, not my page.

        I would not think those two actions would be in the DNS
        management part.

        Since he was referencing working from Fantastico, since
        it's all about blogs, then he could be talking about using
        those functions from your hosting account. Although you
        can also redirect or park from your registrar.

        I use namecheap and host gator. So it's impossible for me
        to know how your registrar has things set up.

        Suggest you look around znetindia as it very well may not
        be in your DNS management section.


        Ken
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        • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
          Thanks Ken for your suggestion.

          Regards
          Jeyaprakash
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  • Profile picture of the author jeyaprakash
    Originally Posted by uleesgold View Post

    whenever I've done redirects with Blogger, I used JavaScript.

    blogger doesn't have an htaccess for you to use.
    Thanks for the post. Is that a permanent redirect? Now, both my non-www and www version take me to the same site. But, it is a 302 redirect.
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    #1 Server Response: (for the non-www version)
    HTTP/1.1 302 Found
    Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:37:30 GMT
    Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
    Server: ghs
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    Is that possible to create a permanent redirect with 301 code using java script? Kindly let me know...
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