First, sorry if this is not the right section to post this thread. I also search the archives of this forum but mostly the topic is about apache redirection.
As the title of this thread says, I have a problem in redirecting my old site to new site. Let say, old site is hosted in IIS server and new site is hosted in apache. I just want to redirect my old site to the brand new one.
The reason why I change the domain is, I only rented the old domain. Now I bought a brand new domain, I just want to redirect the old one and make the keyword ranking retain in search engine.
I'm trying to research for a solution of this but not lucky to find a perfect code to do redirection in IIS 6 server.
Can anyone help me please on how to do this?
Any response would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Larry Hello guys! Any help for me about this issue? I found this URL:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php
I don't know if that will help. I strongly disagree to do 301 redirect. I have a pr3 domain that turned to be pr0 after using 301. What sort of pages do you have on your IIS domain?
If they are .asp pages then you can replace their content with something like this:
Code: <%Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.website.com/new-page/"%>Otherwise, in IIS6 its a bit tricky as you need to get the host to install a third party component that enables Apache like redirecting. Most likely they won;t do that.
Other ideas are to create custom 404 page that does the code above or to set the whole domain to redirect. Quote: Originally Posted by ballmac I strongly disagree to do 301 redirect. I have a pr3 domain that turned to be pr0 after using 301. Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? I would concur with Tiggerito, 301 IS the method to ensure page rank transfer as long as it's the SAME page on a new URI. Change the page, and your page rank could change. Same page just moved, different story. I've used 301 since back in the 1990s, and can tell you, if you change nothing and just move the page, the stuff does transfer just as Tigger mentioned.
Sorry I can't be more help on IIS, I'm more a Nix/Apache user. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? Im am so frustrated right now
I have the website www.cultureshot.net which is pr3
and I have no time to update it so i redirect it to www.pinoyfestival.com pr0
I redirected it using 301 last second week of january this year.
I always checked my page rankings cause i have a tool bar for pr lookup.
When I opened my browser last Jan 31 www.cultureshot.net becomes pr0 and www.pinoyfestival.com moves to 2nd page of google search for its keywords.
so far no notice from google, I have already submitted two petition for reconsideration, No reply until now.
Hope this serves as a lesson to all webmaster. be carefull on using 301. Google published a new set of Toolbar PageRank values some time in Jan. These values are rarely updated, and when published tend to reflect a status from months ago.
So don't live by it. It reflects a rough estimate of your true PageRank from a long time ago. Not something you should watch every day!
I'm confused with your set-up. I don't see any redirects and both website seem quite different? Could you try and explain what you have done more clearly?
I'd also suggest registering both website with Google Webmaster Tools. You will then see if Google realy does have a problem with them. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Google published a new set of Toolbar PageRank values some time in Jan. These values are rarely updated, and when published tend to reflect a status from months ago.
So don't live by it. It reflects a rough estimate of your true PageRank from a long time ago. Not something you should watch every day!
I'm confused with your set-up. I don't see any redirects and both website seem quite different? Could you try and explain what you have done more clearly?
I'd also suggest registering both website with Google Webmaster Tools. You will then see if Google realy does have a problem with them. I already removed the 301 redirect... cause I submitted petition to google to revert my pr3. I have also read to google webmaster guidelines that they do not recommend the use of 301 for domains/website that are totally different.
I've check my pr on all independent pr checker sites. still got pr0...
But any ways, lets see this untill next week. hopefully it will go back to normal. Your right. You only 301 redirect when your moving content from one place to another, so Google may have decided not to pass on Page Rank because they source and destination were totally different.
Unfortunately, the 301 would have told Google to remove it's index of your old website and with it the PageRank it had stored.
Over time it should recover. You get PR through backlinks and they still exist. Google will eventually catch up and re-establish the original PageRank.
But again, don't expect your Toobar PageRank to change for a long time. The last wait was about 9 months! Monitoring your position in search results and traffic is a far better measure.
p.s. all PR checkers get there data from the Toolbar PageRank API, so will all return the same value. Sometimes different data centres do return a different PR but this only tends to happen when a PR update is happening. Quote: Originally Posted by steers82 I found this URL:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php
I don't know if that will help. I already found this and tried this code but does not work. I used the vbscript to redirect the page but the code only appears on the page like a normal text. Anyway, thanks for your help.
Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito What sort of pages do you have on your IIS domain?
If they are .asp pages then you can replace their content with something like this:
Code: <%Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.website.com/new-page/"%>Otherwise, in IIS6 its a bit tricky as you need to get the host to install a third party component that enables Apache like redirecting. Most likely they won;t do that.
Other ideas are to create custom 404 page that does the code above or to set the whole domain to redirect. All my pages are plain html. I also tried that code but doesn't work. it also appears on the page like a normal text.
I already copied the content of old site and uploaded to new site. In short, they are the same content. So I just want to redirect my old site to the new one to retain the ranking, pr and traffic. ok guys, to make it clear, my old site is hosted in godaddy. so my only problem is to redirect the old site to the new one.
I tried the "Forward" function in godaddy and I'm still waiting for the effect as the server is still processing for it. So I also tell you guys if this is the answer of my question or not. Guys, I think I already found the answer of my question. The "Forward" function in godaddy is really the answer but I still wait for 24-48 hours before the changes takes effect.
Anyway, thanks guys for your reply on this thread.
As the title of this thread says, I have a problem in redirecting my old site to new site. Let say, old site is hosted in IIS server and new site is hosted in apache. I just want to redirect my old site to the brand new one.
The reason why I change the domain is, I only rented the old domain. Now I bought a brand new domain, I just want to redirect the old one and make the keyword ranking retain in search engine.
I'm trying to research for a solution of this but not lucky to find a perfect code to do redirection in IIS 6 server.
Can anyone help me please on how to do this?
Any response would be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Larry Hello guys! Any help for me about this issue? I found this URL:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php
I don't know if that will help. I strongly disagree to do 301 redirect. I have a pr3 domain that turned to be pr0 after using 301. What sort of pages do you have on your IIS domain?
If they are .asp pages then you can replace their content with something like this:
Code: <%Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.website.com/new-page/"%>Otherwise, in IIS6 its a bit tricky as you need to get the host to install a third party component that enables Apache like redirecting. Most likely they won;t do that.
Other ideas are to create custom 404 page that does the code above or to set the whole domain to redirect. Quote: Originally Posted by ballmac I strongly disagree to do 301 redirect. I have a pr3 domain that turned to be pr0 after using 301. Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? I would concur with Tiggerito, 301 IS the method to ensure page rank transfer as long as it's the SAME page on a new URI. Change the page, and your page rank could change. Same page just moved, different story. I've used 301 since back in the 1990s, and can tell you, if you change nothing and just move the page, the stuff does transfer just as Tigger mentioned.
Sorry I can't be more help on IIS, I'm more a Nix/Apache user. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Could you elaborate on what happened as the 301 Redirect is what Google recommends you do in order to preserve page rank:
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=83105
I would guess that Google just didn't update the Toolbar PageRank for your new pages. Do you still get the traffic you had before from Google Searches? Im am so frustrated right now
I have the website www.cultureshot.net which is pr3
and I have no time to update it so i redirect it to www.pinoyfestival.com pr0
I redirected it using 301 last second week of january this year.
I always checked my page rankings cause i have a tool bar for pr lookup.
When I opened my browser last Jan 31 www.cultureshot.net becomes pr0 and www.pinoyfestival.com moves to 2nd page of google search for its keywords.
so far no notice from google, I have already submitted two petition for reconsideration, No reply until now.
Hope this serves as a lesson to all webmaster. be carefull on using 301. Google published a new set of Toolbar PageRank values some time in Jan. These values are rarely updated, and when published tend to reflect a status from months ago.
So don't live by it. It reflects a rough estimate of your true PageRank from a long time ago. Not something you should watch every day!
I'm confused with your set-up. I don't see any redirects and both website seem quite different? Could you try and explain what you have done more clearly?
I'd also suggest registering both website with Google Webmaster Tools. You will then see if Google realy does have a problem with them. Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito Google published a new set of Toolbar PageRank values some time in Jan. These values are rarely updated, and when published tend to reflect a status from months ago.
So don't live by it. It reflects a rough estimate of your true PageRank from a long time ago. Not something you should watch every day!
I'm confused with your set-up. I don't see any redirects and both website seem quite different? Could you try and explain what you have done more clearly?
I'd also suggest registering both website with Google Webmaster Tools. You will then see if Google realy does have a problem with them. I already removed the 301 redirect... cause I submitted petition to google to revert my pr3. I have also read to google webmaster guidelines that they do not recommend the use of 301 for domains/website that are totally different.
I've check my pr on all independent pr checker sites. still got pr0...
But any ways, lets see this untill next week. hopefully it will go back to normal. Your right. You only 301 redirect when your moving content from one place to another, so Google may have decided not to pass on Page Rank because they source and destination were totally different.
Unfortunately, the 301 would have told Google to remove it's index of your old website and with it the PageRank it had stored.
Over time it should recover. You get PR through backlinks and they still exist. Google will eventually catch up and re-establish the original PageRank.
But again, don't expect your Toobar PageRank to change for a long time. The last wait was about 9 months! Monitoring your position in search results and traffic is a far better measure.
p.s. all PR checkers get there data from the Toolbar PageRank API, so will all return the same value. Sometimes different data centres do return a different PR but this only tends to happen when a PR update is happening. Quote: Originally Posted by steers82 I found this URL:
http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php
I don't know if that will help. I already found this and tried this code but does not work. I used the vbscript to redirect the page but the code only appears on the page like a normal text. Anyway, thanks for your help.
Quote: Originally Posted by Tiggerito What sort of pages do you have on your IIS domain?
If they are .asp pages then you can replace their content with something like this:
Code: <%Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www.website.com/new-page/"%>Otherwise, in IIS6 its a bit tricky as you need to get the host to install a third party component that enables Apache like redirecting. Most likely they won;t do that.
Other ideas are to create custom 404 page that does the code above or to set the whole domain to redirect. All my pages are plain html. I also tried that code but doesn't work. it also appears on the page like a normal text.
I already copied the content of old site and uploaded to new site. In short, they are the same content. So I just want to redirect my old site to the new one to retain the ranking, pr and traffic. ok guys, to make it clear, my old site is hosted in godaddy. so my only problem is to redirect the old site to the new one.
I tried the "Forward" function in godaddy and I'm still waiting for the effect as the server is still processing for it. So I also tell you guys if this is the answer of my question or not. Guys, I think I already found the answer of my question. The "Forward" function in godaddy is really the answer but I still wait for 24-48 hours before the changes takes effect.
Anyway, thanks guys for your reply on this thread.