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We have 2 domain names that resolve to the same IP. Inbound links have been developed pointing to both addresses and the most important links (ODP, etc.) are not pointing to the main domain. Each domain has a different PageRank and is obviously being handled by Google as different IPs or addresses.
How do we fix this up so that links to either domain are recognized as linking to the main domain, which I guess is just asking how to properly set up aliases so that Google and the other search engines recognize it as the same address?
Will we have to get ODP and other major links to change the address they are linking to?
Does it make any difference if the domains were registered at different times with different registrars?
Thanks
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How you do this depends on what server your site runs on, Apache, IIS, etc.
It would be advisable to pick one domain name and focus all your inbound links on it. Having two domains with duplicate content is a search engine no-no. The best you can do is to e-mail or submit "link update" requests to sites and directories that link to you. Then redirect your alternate domain name to your primary. Some sites will update their links, and some won't, but the redirect will take care of those.
Using a 301-Moved Permanently redirect will cause the major seach engines to combine your SE listings and, on Google, focus all of your page rank on the desired domain.
It should not matter that the two domains have different registrars, since your DNS nameserver is associated with your host, not with your registrar.
Jim
We don't have two domains with duplicate content. Both dmains resolve to the same IP where there is one site.
But what I understand your saying is that if I use a 301-Moved Permanently redirect that redirects from Domain A to Domain B, all of the links and PR of Domain A would be automatically added to that of Domain B and both would show the same PR and inbound links. Is that right?
We don't have two domains with duplicate content. Both dmains resolve to the same IP where there is one site.
If a search engine enters either domain, it sees the same content - duplicate content. A smart SE may eventually discover that the IP addresses are the same, but it is in your best interest to just tell them up-front.
But what I understand your saying is that if I use a 301-Moved Permanently redirect that redirects from Domain A to Domain B, all of the links and PR of Domain A would be automatically added to that of Domain B and both would show the same PR and inbound links. Is that right?
Yes, that's right.
Jim
Bob
