I am running the Perfect Debian Server and need help with redirection. I have several domains MyDomain.com, MyDomain1.com, Mydomain2.com....etc. many of which simply use the same wordpress web content as placeholders and as a good backup and test bed. This has served me well for many years but is no longer working with Google SEO. What is the best way to simply redirect domains to MyDomain.com? Placing <link rel="canonical" href="https://MyDomain.com" /> will be problematic in wordpress and maintenance intensive. Thanks for the help
I assume you are using ISPConfig. Have you tried Alias domain, and set SEO redirect for suitable value?
Thanks for your reply.. Yes I am using ISP Config. I just I went into Sites > MyDomain2.com > ReDirect and added: Redirect(Permanent) Path (MyDomain.com SEO (* ==> MyDomain.com) And it appears to be working at this point. Am I better off doing this under Alias Domain?? or what is the difference? Thanks
The benefit of using an alias domain is that it's less config overhead on the server as the alias domain belongs to the website and is configured inside the host file of the main website.
I could make the site redirect to work but can not get the aliasdomain redirect to work. Domain: RedirectedDomain.com Parent Website: MyDomain.com:server1.MyDomain.com Redirect Path: https://Mydomain.com Auto Subdomain: None SEO Redirect: *=>domain.tld Active
You don't have to choose any seo redirect or s et a redirect path in the alias domain as you have set a SEO (* ==> MyDomain.com) in the website already. Just add the alias domain without any redirect.
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I am still not getting this concept. Alias Domain Domain: DomainToBeRedirected.com Parent Website: MyDomain.com Redirect Type: None Redirect Path: https://MyDomain.com Auto-SubDomain: None SEO Redirect: None Active ------------- Web Domain > Redirect Redirect Type: None Redirect Path: SEO Redirect: *=>domain.tld This isn't working
Not as far as I know. The content is identical. It still shows url DomainToBeRedirected.com and I want it to be showing MyDomain.com so that I can make Google canonically happy.
If it shows different content then the domain either points to a different server, wrong dns, or you still have a website for that domain and not just the alias or something similar, as a alias domain of a website always shows the content of the website where it is an alias for. The only thing that differs, depending on the redirect, is which domain name appears in the URL bar of the browser.
Ok, I guess I was not understanding what a Domain alias was and was thinking fore about a redirect. Ultimately I have a Google SEO problem and they were knocking me down because I had multiple domains with the same content. All I want to do is make Google happy. I think the site redirect was working but may not be the best way to handle the problem. So the question is what is the best setup to avoid Google randomly selecting pages on different domains and killing your seo.
1) Create one main website, which holds the actual content. Take care to select *=>domain.tld as SEO redirect in the website settings. 2) Add all other domains as alias domains. A redirect setting is not necessary as the SEO redirect on the main domain will redirect all requests to the main domain. This setup ensures that google receives a 301 redirect for all traffic coming from alias domains, so no duplicate content problem arises.
I was not able to add an aliasdomain for all of my domains. I kept getting: "There is already a website or sub / aliasdomain with this domain name." I did have a few sub domains but there were many that did not have subdomain and still generated this error preventing me from adding the aliasdomain.
