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          andzon last edited by

          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

            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

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

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              • andzon
                andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by

                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

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

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                  • andzon
                    andzon @masoudfatemi last edited by

                    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 last edited by

                      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

                        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

                          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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