301 Redirects
Hi all,
Since November, I have been working to get a client's site ranked higher in Google. At one point, I was able to move my client's site up to 6th and 10th place for 2 of his most important key phrases.
After Google's update(?) in February, his rankings dropped. For those 2 key phrases, he is now at 13th and 41st place and they appear to be declining.
I have just recently learned that he has additional domain names pointing to his Web site and that he used one of those additional domain names for an AdWords campaign (I have no idea why he did that nor that he was even using AdWords). These domain names are pointing at the site, not a subdirectory, so all of the content is the same. I believe that Google may have discovered these additional domain names and may be penalizing my client's site for duplicate content.
I would like to set up 301 redirects for these additional domain names so if a user goes to one of these domains, they'll automatically be redirected to his main domain name.
How do I set up a 301 redirect? The site is hosted on a Windows server and the files are ASP files. Do I just add a script to the top of each page in the site that says if it's this domain name, redirect to the main domain name? Is there an easier or better way?
Thanks,
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