301 redirect for ip address in SERPs

[ChrisHillfd]

Hi,

I've recently had the misfortune of my site's ip address being crawled and indexed by Google, which is causing some duplicate content issues. Due to the nature of the site we're not able to implement a canonical tag to fix this at present.

Would a 301 redirect do the trick, and if so, could someone point me to what I'd need to add to our .htaccess file?

Many thanks

Chris

[SEOExecutive20]

Here are a few 301 redirects that "might" work on an Apache server

I would always consider saving the original .htacess file

just in case these don’t work for you, as you can always resort back

301 a non-www to your www, as well as redirect your IP address as a 301 to your www.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com

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

For just IP Redirection Use:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^12.34.567.890

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

Don’t forget to fill in the areas with your credentials

[ChrisHillfd]

Thanks for your help. I'll give that a go and see what happens!

Cheers,

Chris

[SEOExecutive20]

Anytime! Let me know how it goes for you.