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        • healers
          healers last edited by

          Roger has detected a problem:  We have detected that the domain www.xxx.com and the domain xxx.com both respond to web requests and do not redirect. Having two "twin" domains that both resolve forces them to battle for SERP positions, making your SEO efforts less effective. We suggest redirecting one, then entering the other here.

          hi, i tried creating the campaign and this message popped out.. i dono what to do or how to redirect b/w www.xxx.com and xxx.com ( xxx = hidden site) am using godaddy domain and hosting at hostgator.

          thank you.. waiting for ur reply

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          • ZapoTeX
            ZapoTeX last edited by

            OK - just a REFRESH problem!

            I canceled the campaign creation and started from scratch again. And this time I had no error message.

            Thanks everyone!

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            • ZapoTeX
              ZapoTeX last edited by

              Hi everyone, I had the same problem and found this wonderful thread! Thanks a lot! Now, if I check the header of http://domain.com with the tool you suggested, I get the correct message:

              HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:13:19 GMT Server: Apache Location: http://www.domain.com/ Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

              However, when I try to continue with the campaign creation on SEOmoz, I stille get the same message as I did before. Is there a way to fix this? Am I doing something wrong? Here is my .htaccess:

              ptions +FollowSymlinks

              RewriteEngine On

              RewriteBase /

              RewriteRule ^index.html?$ / [NC,R,L]

              rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]

              rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

              Thanks for your help! I hope you can guide me to sort things out!

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              • healers
                healers @KeriMorgret last edited by

                yes it works.. thanks keri 🙂

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                • KeriMorgret
                  KeriMorgret @KeriMorgret last edited by

                  Yes, the 301 response is what you're looking for. Test a couple of your interior pages in addition to just your home page to make sure it works right, then you're good to go!

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                  • nux
                    nux last edited by

                    Here's how I do it in .htaccess in Linux:

                    RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC] RewriteRule .* http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

                    If you already have a RewriteEngine in your .htaccess, you can skip that part.

                    What this does is check if the host contains www.  If it doesn't it redirects to www. version.  You can find more info here: http://www.stevefortuna.com/redirect-to-www/

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                    • healers
                      healers @KeriMorgret last edited by

                      1. Requesting: http://xxx.com

                      <dl>

                      <dt>server Response:</dt>

                      <dd>HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:42:26 GMT Server: Apache mod_fcgid/2.3.6 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Location: http://www.xxx.com/ Cache-Control: max-age=3600 Expires: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:42:26 GMT Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
                      </dd>

                      <dd>I got this.. is this right?
                      </dd>

                      </dl>

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                      • 3Amigos
                        3Amigos last edited by

                        This is a useful link for you:

                        http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

                        Best,

                        C

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                        • seomagnet
                          seomagnet last edited by

                          There are few safe ways you can re-direct your domain from non-www to www, they include:

                          • having a small code in your .htaccess if you are running linux

                          • in your header, you can specify where to redirect your site

                          We need to know the sort of platform your site is running on i.e. Windows; Linux as well as the platform or scripting language you are using i.e. asp; .NET or php

                          Also make sure in your webmaster tools to allow Google to know which one to use, so in your webmaster tools specify you want to use the www or non-www

                          Hope this helps, if you need more advice or help let me know

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                          • KeriMorgret
                            KeriMorgret @healers last edited by

                            To see if you did it correctly, put in the non-www domain into a server header checker like http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/check-server-headers-tool/ and see if it uses a 301 redirect to redirect to the www domain (or vice versa, if you set it to remove the www).

                            If that didn't work, we're happy to help walk you through doing this! What we'll need from you is a little more information about your server. Specifically, if you're using IIS or Apache, and if you're using a content management system. That will help us give you the right info if you still need help.

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                            • healers
                              healers last edited by

                              i think i did it... 🙂

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