301 redirect won't work.. HELP !

[Gert Leroy]

So here i am again, on a windy day on the north-east coast of beautiful Brazil, a day on which windsurfers take out their smallest sails to court the waves.. unfortunately those very same waves broke my equipment some days ago.. and all i can do for now is try to configure this 301-redirect..

Life can be cruel.

PROBLEM:
www.vacationsbrazil.com points to www.mauriciotravels.com which is the main domain. According to the tool http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp this redirect is not a 301..

#1 Server Response: http://www.vacationsbrazil.com
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:13:17 GMT
Server: Apache
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

So i thought, OK let's use a small ASP-script to make this a 301-redirect..

-----------------------------------------
Dim Domain, URL
Domain = Request.ServerVariables ("HTTP_HOST") ' Gets the domain name.
URL = Request.ServerVariables ("URL") ' Gets the current URL.

if (InStr (Domain, "vacationsbrazil") = 1) then

URL = "http://www.mauriciotravels.com" & URL ' Concatenates the URL to the domain

Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", URL
end if
-----------------------------------------

Right?

Unfortunately it doesn't work because "Domain" allready returns "www.mauriciotravels.com" when in the locationbar is still displayed www.vacationsbrazil.com


Can anyone help me out?
Thanx.

[Webnauts]

Gert did you try this?

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.mauriciotravels.com"
%>

[Gert Leroy]

hello Webnauts,
i'm not sure if you understood my problem right..

the problem is in the IF THEN ELSE condition.

Are you saying you would put this peace of code

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.mauriciotravels.com"
%>

on top of the homepage without an IF THEN ELSE condition? This means the 301-redirect would be executed every time someone enters the homepage, regardless if it is vacationsbrazil.com or mauriciotravels.com ??

[Webnauts]

Gert I do not do programming myself. Besides I have moved the thread to the Web Programming forum for better chances to get help. :)

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by Gert Leroy

hello Webnauts,
i'm not sure if you understood my problem right..

the problem is in the IF THEN ELSE condition.

Are you saying you would put this peace of code

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.mauriciotravels.com"
%>

on top of the homepage without an IF THEN ELSE condition? This means the 301-redirect would be executed every time someone enters the homepage, regardless if it is vacationsbrazil.com or mauriciotravels.com ??

So far I know, yes. Why don't you try it?

Check here: http://www.theorganicseo.com/seo_tip...p_windows.html

[Gert Leroy]

Originally Posted by webnauts

So far I know, yes. Why don't you try it?

well, with a little bit of common sense every one can figure out quite easily that your solution won't work. In don't have to try it to get the proof.

Anyone else has a solution for my specific case? Both urls point to the same hostingpackage. Thanks