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  • karthik-175544
    karthik-175544 Subscriber last edited by Mar 23, 2011, 2:56 AM

    Hi,

    My website having canonical issue for home page, I have written the .htaccess file and upload the root directory. But still I didn't see any changes in the home page. I am copying syntax which one I have written in the .htaccess file. Please review the syntax and let me know the changes.

    Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on #RewriteBase /

    re-direct index.htm to root / ### RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^./index.htm\ HTTP/ RewriteRule ^(.)index.htm$ /$1 [R=301,L]

    re-direct IP address to www ### re-direct non-www to www ### re-direct any parked domain to www of main domain RewriteCond %{http_host} !^www.metricstream.com$ [nc] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.metricstream.com/$1 [r=301,nc,L]

    Is there any specific htaccess file format for apache server?

    Thanks,

    Karthik

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    • KeriMorgret
      KeriMorgret @karthik-175544 last edited by Sep 5, 2011, 1:59 AM Sep 5, 2011, 1:59 AM

      Hi Karthik,

      I'd recommend posting a new Q&A question about this, as this is now a few months old and a bit buried. You might hold off until Tuesday US time, since we have a holiday tomorrow and there won't be nearly as many people online.

      When you do write your question, it would be helpful to add to your post what types of errors you get when you try to implement this -- just what you have tried, and what the results are.

      I also see that your site doesn't redirect non-www to www. If you want to fix that too, now would be a good time to ask about it.

      Keri

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      • karthik-175544
        karthik-175544 Subscriber @KeriMorgret last edited by Sep 5, 2011, 1:51 AM Sep 5, 2011, 1:51 AM

        Hi Keri,

        Thanks for your message. I didn't find solution for the redirection. It would be great if you help me to fix that issue. How we can do the SEO friendly redirection (301) in tomcat server?

        Karthik

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        • KeriMorgret
          KeriMorgret last edited by Aug 30, 2011, 6:12 PM Aug 30, 2011, 6:12 PM

          Hi! I'm following up on older Q&A questions. Did any of the resources from the earlier post help you out, or is there anything we can do to help you get this redirect implemented?

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          • oneticsoft
            oneticsoft last edited by Mar 23, 2011, 5:07 AM Mar 23, 2011, 5:06 AM

            Hi, there is something: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html, A tutorial: http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/htaccess/1

            And some examples here:

            http://knowledge.freshpromo.ca/seo-tools/301-redirect.php

            http://www.seo-consultant-services.co.uk/301-redirects-www-non-www-canonical-problems.html

            http://www.dailyblogtips.com/how-to-setup-a-301-redirect/

            http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm

            First example best describes what you need, cannonical redirect

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