Change of address form in Webmaster Tools

[TheHutGroup]

I have changed my domain from .co.uk to .com and tried to submit a change of address form in Google Webmaster Tools. However it seems because I redirect my home page onto www.domain.com/index.php I cannot submit the form as it is not a domain name.

Is there a way round this? It is not currently an option to move away from www.domain.com/index.php

Thanks in advance

[donford]

You should submit the domain1 to domain2, let the redirect handle the /index.php

We have a domain that is listed as domain1.com to domain2.com but on domain2 you automatically get redirected to the /catalog directory. This has had no known ill effects. In sense you are in fact domain2 you just don't use it as your root.

I hope that makes sense,

Don

[TheHutGroup]

Thank you for responding.

We submitted domain.uk as moving to domain.com (without the index.php) but it seems Google followed that redirect.

It gave the following error when I clicked check on stage 2 or the form (Confirming the redirect).

"The old site redirects to www.domain.com/index.php, which does not correspond to the new site you chose."

How did you get round that?

[donford]

Okay so you need to use the root to verify the domain first.

Just stop the redirect to /index.php long enough for you to insert Google's verification code. Then turn back on the redirect. What google is trying to accomplish is to verify you actually do own the new domain. Since some domains share directories this is the only way for them to know you do own the domain since you can verify you control it at root.

Hope that helps,

Don