Redirecting a cctld

[kev]

Hi guys,

Is it at all possible to redirect a domain name to a site using nameservers or IP addresses? the domain i want to redirect only has options to set the nameservers with no redirect feature. how could i get around this? Hopefully that makes sense!

thanks :tu:

 

[Peter]

Have you the ability to add parked domains onto your hosting package?

If the answer is yes simply use the normal nameservers and set the domain as a parked domain in your hosting account.

Also ensure you use something like htaccess mod rewrite to forward that to your main domain so that it does not get flagged as duplicate content.

 

[kev]

ok thanks Peter :tu:

ill give it a go!

 

[Peter]

The following is the htaccess you should use:-

RewriteEngine on
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

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

This will redirect new_domain.com and www.new_domain.com to www.old_domain.com using a 301 header which is search engine freindly. While a 301 is being used the new_domain will not be indexed so will not cause conflict.

If you do not do such a rule then both domains would appear to have the same content and only Google knows which domain would come out on top. Worst case scenario is that half of the pages would count for 1 domain and the other half count for the other domain. This would have your SEo capabilities in essence.

 

[Sam]

Try domainmanager.com

Does the trick

 

[Peter]

Sam why rely on such a service when there is no need. It is quite alarming as well when you see the news on their front page stating that they have found why 1 of their servers had been pulled because of spam sites.

The more 3rd parties you use the more potential for problems occur.