How to set up a 301 redirect
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I have just started using SEOmoz and found that we have both a www.adagiowaterfeatures.com site and a adagiowaterfeatures.com site. I have not been able to figure out how to set up the 301 redirect so the non-www site automatically goes to the www site.
If anyone can tell me how the non-www site was set up to begin with I'd be interested. We only set up one site.
Thanks!
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Thank you for your help! I think I've got it set up. I'll see next week when the reports are run again.
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As Streamline mentioned, you can go to your htaccess and set up the 301. However, if you are on a windows server it may not be that easy. You can find most of your 301 redirect questions answered by google.
If you do not see or have access to the htaccess file then you can create it in notepad and FTP it to your site directory.
If you are using wordpress then there is a plugin for adding it. ..although I believe the more recent versions my include it already.
You should also consider reading this article in it's entirety: http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/redirection
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By default, most web servers don't automatically redirect the non-www to www (or vice versa). If you have a Linux server, then you should be able to add the 301 redirect via your .htaccess file. Add the following code to your .htaccess file and it should work -
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^adagiowaterfeatures.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.adagiowaterfeatures.com/$1 [R=301,L]
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