Domain Redirects

[Oscar D]

Good day,

Can I buy two domains and send them to one site?

How is this done and will I still be able to benefit from the SEO benefits of both domains?

[kayelex]

You can buy multiple domains and redirect to one domain. There are many ways to do it, but the SEO friendly way to do it is a 301 redirect.

You will need to go into your hosting control panel to set this up. Typically you would have these other two domains as add on domains in your account. Then you will need to setup the permanent redirect. This can be easily done through cPanel

You can also use javascript or your name server can do this, but those are typically 302 redirects which are not seo friendly.

Now, when I say SEO friendly, I do not mean SEO benefits. These redirect domains could still get indexed and maybe you will get some benefit from them, but your chances are less likely if the spider visits that page and then gets redirected elsewhere. However, if you are using javascript or 302 redirects then there is a chance the search engine may deindex the site or penalize you.

[Oscar D]

Ok, that was informative - but confusing.

Thanks

[Gene Pimentel]

Oscar,

You can redirect any domain instantly by creating a plain text file named index.php containing this code:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.newdomain.com");
exit();
?>

Change the "http://www.newdomain.com" to your main domain address. Then upload this index.php file to the domain you wish to redirect.

[kayelex]

Sorry Oscar.. I didn't mean to be confusing. I didn't mean to assume you knew your way around a control panel. I guess sometimes I assume everyone on here knows cPanel.

Gene's suggestions works good too, you just have to edit the html in the index or home file

[Oscar D]

Originally Posted by kayelex

Sorry Oscar.. I didn't mean to be confusing. I didn't mean to assume you knew your way around a control panel. I guess sometimes I assume everyone on here knows cPanel.

Gene's suggestions works good too, you just have to edit the html in the index or home file

Ha ha, its ok.

I am alright with the cPanel.

Your advice was right - I am just a bit slow today.

Thanks so much.

[Oscar D]

Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel

Oscar,

You can redirect any domain instantly by creating a plain text file named index.php containing this code:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: http://www.newdomain.com");
exit();
?>

Change the "http://www.newdomain.com" to your main domain address. Then upload this index.php file to the domain you wish to redirect.

Thanks, I will try this if the other method is to tough.