Redirect from one page to another page on different domain

[sandpetra]

I have a page on website A. with a page rank of 5. I have a new site (website B) and I want to move the contents of the page on website A to a page on website B.

What is the best method of doing this, and will I retain the PR etc on the new page.

[le_gber]

hello sandpetra

the best way of doing this is by using what is called a 301 Permanent redirect - try googleing for it or even a webmasterworld search. It will allow you to 'transfer' the Google PR to the new domain

If all your pages will keep the same name but just change domain you might want to look into the 301 RedirectMatch as well.

Hope this helps

[sandpetra]

I am not wanting to strip the current domain of it's page rank, only the individual pages concerned, which is buried deep within the site, as far as navigation goes.

Would the 301 still apply to single pages? Cheers for the help.

[le_gber]

Yes it would.

try googleing site:www.webmasterworld.com 301 permanent redirect

I just remembered that, if your existing page has a .php extension, you could use it to redirect people and it would have the same effect as if it was an .htaccess 301 permanent redirect.

this is the code to do so:

<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: ht tp://www.yournewsite.com");
exit();
?>

hope this helps

[sandpetra]

The page is not a php page.

So, just to be sure, if I apply a 301 on that page, the main domain should still remain page ranked @6 but my page traffic should be transferred to my new site (site B) for the single page I am interested in! Phew!

[le_gber]

yes it will.

[sandpetra]

cheers!

[sandpetra]

Hi - Another quick question - can anyone tell me how long will it take, if I use a server redirect, for people to be transferred to my new page and for Google to reassign the page rank?

[le_gber]

for people and spiders to be transferred to new page: instant
for google to reassign pageRank: depends I would say couple of weeks to a month

[sandpetra]

Cheers! I wonder, do you know if I can point a domain to a sub domain and what google thinks of it?

[le_gber]

yes you can, not sure how it affects google though - I wouldn't be too paranoid and G will probably traet it as any other subdomain

[sandpetra]

le_gber

I wonder if you could point me in the right direction. i'm about to invoke the 301 for my page but I'm not sure where to put the code and if it'll even work with my static .hmt page?

I'm a bit confused....server side stuff isnt really my forte...

[le_gber]

hi there, have a look there:

[webmasterworld.com...]

it should go in a file that you call .htaccess that you have to put at the root level of your site. Check with your hosting company if one already exist - it should - and simply add the line(s) JdMorgan wrote modified to suit your own case.

hope this helps.

[sandpetra]

Thanks v. much!