Connicalization

[ukhotels]

I posted a problem in one of the forums but I think it is better to start a new thread as I may have posted in the wrong forum

I need assistance. My web pages show up in search results on 1st and 2nd pages and then vanish for sometime and then come back again. It has been on and off like that for sometime now.

I have been told something about connicalization and have beed given a script to use. In the first place I would like to know whether the script should go onto my .htaccess file. If it should, what should I do to the rules already in the .htaccess file. Found below the script

### Require the www to avoid cannonicalization issues ###
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.myukhotels\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.myspacefm.com/$1 [L,R=301]

### Redirect index.htm to / ######
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.htm?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.htm?$ http://www.myukhotels.com/$1 [R=301,L]

### Redirect index.html to / ######
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html?$ http://www.myukhotels.com/$1 [R=301,L]

I would like the gurus to help me to know where this script should go my my server or my web page

[ncseo]

Video: Canonical Tag Vs. 301 Redirect

[Ace]

Q - In the first place I would like to know whether the script should go onto my .htaccess file.

Ans - YES

Q - If it should, what should I do to the rules already in the .htaccess file.

Ans - keep them also