301 Redirect question

[JohnCoker]

To be blunt, I have no clue about the below error I'm getting when I check my website using an online tool. I understand a 301 can be used to take people from one page to another but I thought the below pages were the same? So how can I fix the below error and where do I put the redirect. BTW I host on GoDaddy


Permanent Redirect Not Found
Search engines may think Home Inspection services for Virginia Beach Chesapeake Norfolk Suffolk and familyhomeinspection.com are two different sites.

You should set up a permanent redirect (technically called a "301 redirect") between these sites. Once you do that, you will get full search engine credit for your work on these sites. For example, Home Inspection services for Virginia Beach Chesapeake Norfolk Suffolk seems to have 251 inbound links whereas familyhomeinspection.com has 252 inbound links. By correctly configuring a permanent 301 redirect, the search rankings might improve as all inbound links are correctly counted for the website.

[bobitza]

I think the error refers to the fact that you have incoming links for the http:// site and also for the http:// www site.

Search the forum for 301 redirect, there are a few posts that explain how to do it.

[kgun]

Google:

".htaccess 301 redirect"

Alternatively:

".htaccess 301 redirect" site:www.webproworld.com

Note:
Googling with the quotes "KW's" is an exact searh query and give a more restricte set of SERP's.

[JohnCoker]

Guys, I've tried following instructions but I'm just missing something. I made a .htaccess file in note pad, and saved it to the root directory. I still get the same error. Is this code right?


RewriteEngine On
rewritecond %{http_host} !^familyhomeinspection.com
rewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.familyhomeinspection.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[kgun]

Should it be:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

It depends on your intetions.

Hint: Read the article in the below link carefully:

Do you see .htaccess in remote mode (the server version)?

In addition study the 301 Redirect Examples:
Redirect Visitors To a New Page or Site - HTML Tips and Tricks

for single pages etc.

Note the final notes there:

"I can't stress enough how important it is to test your server's response headers any time you make a change to your .htaccess file! If you use Firefox the LiveHTTPHeaders extensions is the best I've ever found. That will tell if you're sending a 301 (permanent redirect), 302 (temporary redirect, not what you want probably!) or 200 which means page found, as well as a ton of other info".

MunkyOnline is a WPW member. The third hit for the above KW's is:
.htaccess 301 Redirect for IP Ranges - Munky Online

Note: For security add input filtering to the PHP code!

[incrediblehelp]

On you sure your on Apache?

[JohnCoker]

No clue, I am hosted on GoDaddy, how do I find out about Apache?

[speed]

The site in the first post is hosted on a Microsoft IIS/6.0 server so unless the host has additional software installed .htaccess and rewriting won't work.

[kgun]

Then look here:

.htaccess file type for .asp

Generally:

KW search:

"iis rewrite"

"iis redirect"

[bobitza]

Originally Posted by JohnCoker

No clue, I am hosted on GoDaddy, how do I find out about Apache?

Server Type: Microsoft-IIS/6.0

check here

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