Can we control which domain Yahoo/Slurp indexes

[chris_g]

Is there a way to control which domain name Yahoo/Slurp indexes for a website? The website has 2 domain names pointed to the same website.

Yahoo has completely indexed one of the domains, the second and preferred domain only has a couple pages indexed. We would like the second domain indexed instead since since it appears more professional in the results. Is there a way we can get Yahoo/Slurp to replace one domain for the other?


Can one domain be excluded in the robots.txt file for Yahoo/Slurp and what would the commnd look like?

[Mel]

HI Chris since both domain names point to the same content all you need to is to put a 301 redirect from the site you do not want indexed pointing to the site you do want indexed. Your webhost should be able to assist you in doing this.

[jestep]

I would either use a robots.txt to block the domain you dont want traffic on or use, 301 redirect. Here is a PHP version that I have had good results with.

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

[chris_g]

jestep wrote

I would either use a robots.txt to block the domain you dont want traffic on or use, 301 redirect. Here is a PHP version that I have had good results with.

The server this site resides on is Windows 2000 IIS and they don't allow PHP or CGI scripts. The site is mostly ASP pages so I could use a ASP script to redirect.

Does anyone know if Yahoo has a tech support email address? Unable to find any tech support on their website for search (excluding directory) results.