redirects

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Peter

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Peter

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

See above.

Thanks,

Peter

plh
paul

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http://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston...y/sitemap.html
http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html

On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
<customerservi... (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Peter

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

See above.

Thanks,

Peter

plh
paul

--http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston-crafts-handcrafted-jewelry/sitem...http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html

We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
do was called web forwarding. Sorry if I am confusing my terms. I am
new to all of this.

Thank you for your reply,

Peter

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Peter

What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?

BB
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http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:29:15 +0100, The Gobbling Goblin
<customerservices (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Peter

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

I think he's used frame forwarding or something. That's why I asked.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

Yes he does. I think he's using a control panel though so he won't
have that facility, not obviously anyway.

BB
--

http://www.fat-odin.com/
http://www.kruse.co.uk/close-ended-questions.htm
http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:06 -0700, peter <plaz987 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
customerservi... (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Peter

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

See above.

Thanks,

Peter

plh
paul

--http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston-crafts-handcrafted-jewelry/sitem...http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html

We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
do was called web forwarding.

Told ya! Peter you might like to tell us the url involved so we can
test it. It won't do any harm or anything to mention it live on here.

BB

--

http://www.fat-odin.com/
http://www.kruse.co.uk/close-ended-questions.htm
http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b... (AT) kruse (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:06 -0700, peter <plaz... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
customerservi... (AT) houstoncrafts (DOT) com> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Peter

I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

See above.

Thanks,

Peter

plh
paul

--http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www....

We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
do was called web forwarding.

Told ya! Peter you might like to tell us the url involved so we can
test it. It won't do any harm or anything to mention it live on here.

BB

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- Show quoted text -

Thanks for your replies. Here is the main website, followed by the new
".net" address:

www.sheogaflooring.com
www.sheoga.net

I wonder if I should leave it the way it is, or just set the ".net" to
"under construction".

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Any other comments about the
website would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Peter

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:53:47 GMT, Big Bill <bill (AT) kruse (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Yes he does. I think he's using a control panel though so he won't
have that facility, not obviously anyway.

BB
--

Thanks for taking over Bill, I was away.
plh
Paul
--
http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmad...-earrings.html
http://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston...y/sitemap.html
http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html

"peter" <plaz987 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote wrote:

You are making this way too complicated.

1. Build your site on one URL - from what you've said, the .com is almost
certainly the way to go.
2. Install 301 permanent redirects from ALL the other domains. Period.
3. Also install 301s from domain.com to www.domain.com and from
www.domain.com/index.htm to www.domain.com
4. Go fishing.

The details of the 301 will depend on your servers; best to consult your
host; it may be very, very simple - or may be just simple.

The fish are waiting.
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Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/
http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

On Sep 26, 1:35 pm, "Andrew Heenan" <andr... (AT) heenan (DOT) net> wrote:

"peter" <plaz... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote wrote:

You are making this way too complicated.

1. Build your site on one URL - from what you've said, the .com is almost
certainly the way to go.
2. Install 301 permanent redirects from ALL the other domains. Period.
3. Also install 301s from domain.com towww.domain.comand fromwww.domain.com/index.htmtowww.domain.com
4. Go fishing.

The details of the 301 will depend on your servers; best to consult your
host; it may be very, very simple - or may be just simple.
I guess this is where I am a little confused. Do I need to get a host

for the new ".net" address? Rght now, I only pay for having the ".com"
address hosted.

Thanks,

Peter

The fish are waiting.
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Andrewhttp://www.seo2seo.com/http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.