301 redirect with windows iis

[colthuis]

Ok, so I know how to redirect individual pages with windows iis. What I don't know how to do is redirect the canonical domains. Is it possible to redirect domain.com to www.domain.com? It also seems the webmaster has setup so the site works with https:// as well. The problem I'm having is the SE's are indexing all these pages.

Thanks.

[carguy84]

No, you have to handle this in the code. IIS redirects with a 302 redirect.

Chip-

[Bluesplinter]

IIS redirects with a 302 redirect.

IIS can also redirect with a 301. For the "redirecting" website in IIS, on the Home Directory tab, select the "This is a permanent redirection for this resource" option, and you'll be all set.

Here's a test with Brett's Server Header Check, that shows first without, then with that option checked:

HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
Content-Length: 150
Content-Type: text/html
Location: [remainder removed for brevity]

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Content-Length: 150
Content-Type: text/html
Location: [remainder removed for brevity]

[picassoxw]

you can response a 301 redirect by asp

Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently" Response.AddHeader "Location", "http://www.niceidea.org/"
Response.End

[defanjos]

Look into isapi_rewrite