Htaccess help... I moved my blog from a seperate domain to newdomain.com/blog

[KristyO]

Hi,

I need help with my htaccess file, I've been told.

I moved a blog i had hosted somewhere else to a directory on my ecommerce site. I was told i would need to write something to go in the htaccess file so the sites would not become duplicate content, but I'm a novice and have no idea how to write that code.

blog moved from www.whosyourmoondoggie.com to www.moondoggieinc.com/blog

Please help, or direct me to the right tutorial

Thanks!

KristyO

[crazyjayd]

This should be close. No warranties!

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.whosyourmoondoggie.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.moondoggieinc.com/blog/$1 [R=301,L]

[SEOSHARK]

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[SanketPatel]

Hi Kristy

If you want to move old domain to the new domain you should do a 301 moved permanently redirect.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.whosyourmoondoggie.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.moondoggieinc.com/blog/$1 [L,R=301]

After adding this code search engines and users will be automatically redirected to the new domain and all information related to that domain will transfer in new domain. One of the biggest advantage is that your page rank, link juice will also transfer to new domain.  Your website can be accessed with www.domain.com and domain.com.  So you can easily  solve duplicate content error with this code.

[KristyO]

Thank you everyone!

[KristyO]

When I put in your code I get a 500 error? and if I put in JayD's code the site comes back up but there's not a visible redirect.

I know this sounds sill but I'm putting this into the htaccess of the old domain correct?

Should i be getting a 500 error or be seeing a visible redirect when i go to the address?

Thanks KO

[KristyO]

found this

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !newdomain.com$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

and it worked, thank you guys for your help though!