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  • andzon
    andzon last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 5:45 AM

    Hi i am a real newbie to this and i hope for a guide on how to do this. I seen a few moz post and is quiet confusing hopefully somebody able to explain it in layman terms to me.

    I would like to  301 redirect this way, both website contain the same niche.

    oldwebsite.com > newwebsite.com

    and also its pages.....

    oldwebsite.com/test >newwebsite.com/test

    So my question here is i would like to host my old domain and its pages in my new website hosting in order to redirect to my new domain and its pages

    how do i do that? would my previous page link overwrite my new page link? or it add on the juice link?

    Do i need to host the whole old domain website into my new hosting in order to redirect the old pages?

    really confusing here, thanks!

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    • andzon
      andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 7:34 AM Aug 21, 2014, 7:34 AM

      i tried pasting that code there and change the old domain and new domain but it doesnt work

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      • masoudfatemi
        masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:55 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:55 AM

        Yes. you should move your contents to your new host and redirect your old domain to new one.

        andzon 1 Reply Last reply Aug 21, 2014, 7:34 AM Reply Quote 0
        • andzon
          andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:53 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:53 AM

          by parking the domain in the new hosting, all my previous pages will be gone right? unless i move everything from the old server to the new one? so i can redirect those pages to my new one too

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          • masoudfatemi
            masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:44 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:44 AM

            Yes. Simply park your domain on your new hosting and redirect it using this code.

            andzon 1 Reply Last reply Aug 21, 2014, 6:53 AM Reply Quote 0
            • andzon
              andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:38 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:38 AM

              do we need to keep this redirect permanently? for example to keep the hosting on in order for it to redirect it to my new site.

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              • masoudfatemi
                masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:23 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:23 AM

                yes; all of your old links move to new domain without hurting your SEO. Its a permanent redirection called 301.

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                • andzon
                  andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 6:21 AM Aug 21, 2014, 6:21 AM

                  by using this code

                  Options +FollowSymlinks
                  RewriteEngine On
                  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain.com [NC]
                  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

                  how would it affect my seo? would it merge from the old link to the new link?

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                  • masoudfatemi
                    masoudfatemi last edited by Aug 21, 2014, 5:51 AM Aug 21, 2014, 5:51 AM

                    Hi

                    its better to ask instead of not asking 🙂

                    First, you should host your old domain on your new site and use this htaccess code to redirect 301 all your urls to new domain(don't forget to change newdomain.com and yourdomain.com with your new and old site):

                    Options +FollowSymlinks
                    RewriteEngine On
                    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^olddomain.com [NC]
                    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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

                    then you should submit a request in webmaster tools > change of address part to move your site authority completely.

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