how to 301 redirect only for googlebot?

[SubZeroGTS]

i don't want to be penalized for my multiple domains, same content. can i have all the domains show a 301 redirect to the one main domain only for googlebot? how do i do this? .htaccess?

[SubZeroGTS]

forgot to ask, will backlinks pointing to the other domains count as to the domain that the 301 is pointing to?

[jomaxx]

Yeah, but this sounds flaky to me, like a form of cloaking. Why not just use a robots.txt file?

[jomaxx]

Somehow did not see your second post when responding. The "Yeah" should have read, "Yeah, the .htaccess file is probably what you're looking for".

On Linux systems it is used for 301's, and it can also be set up to recognize certain browser id's. I've never done exactly what you're trying to do, though. For the specific syntax, it's not hard to find references and sample .htaccess files online.