Is it possible to rewrite the base URL/Domain to be in all uppercase?
Would like the user to see EXAMPLE.COM in their url bar if possible.
Ive tried several different rewrites and redirects without luck. I see most people want the exact opposite.
Server stack
ubuntu/apache2/nginx/nextjs app using cloudflare
Related
I'm working on a website running on an Apache server. The PHP factory makes and takes URLs that look like this:
site.com/page/view/[id]/[vanity-url]
However, the client wants to hide part of the URL from view, so in the browser it appears as:
site.com/[vanity-url]
The server still needs to see the full URL.
I've tried various RewriteRules after hours of searching, and the closest I seem to have come is:
RewriteRule ^page/view/(.*)/(.*)$ /$2 [R,L]
...but that doesn't seem to be doing anything. I know for sure that my .htacces is working.
What am I doing wrong?
Unfortunately, this isn't possible. Let me explain why:
You state that the server needs to see the full URL. Specifically, this includes the id segment, which I am sure your framework needs (it wouln't need it if the server only needs to see the vanity segment). The code you have provided redirects the full URL to the vanity URL, thus making the full URL invisible to the server for the next request.
So, navigating to /page/view/2/about-us would redirect to /about-us, and the address bar would change to reflect that. This causes a new request to be sent to the server, containing only the /about-us vanity URL.
As a result, you would need to rewrite the vanity URL back to the full URL (without redirecting, so that the /about-us stays in the address bar as-is), but you wouldn't be able to do this, as the vanity URL does not contain the id segment, which seems to be a requirement for the framework to serve the correct response. Keep in mind that Apache cannot guess the ID for that particular vanity URL.
For example I wish to redirect list.mydomain.com to http://my.emailingapp.com/lists/
but keeping the name displayed in URL as "list.mydomain.com".
Note that all parameters are to be passed over. e.g. list.mydomain.com/?stuff=a should be the same with http://my.emailingapp.com/lists/?stuff=a
Another note: these domains are on different server.
There are many other similar posts, but all of them does not work exactly as I wanted to.
Adding a CNAME record for list.mydomain.com to my.emailingapp.com using which you can achieve the following.
URL remains list.mydomain.com
The arguments get displayed in URL as list.mydomain.com/?stuff=a
Your requirement of having /lists/ should be implementable by URL rewrite rules.
ok I previously had some issues setting up a wild card redirect to strip parameters from an old url format that were non-seo friendly to our root. With the help of stackoverflow we've got it corrected and working but now I am experiencing issues with index.php?
Im seeing tons of duplicate urls in the engines using this url format index.php?cPath=# and Google is stressing me because they think its duplicate index pages.
I tried setting up this redirect in our htaccess but no go. It won't strip out the parameters or redirect it just duplicates the page with a valid 200 response.
RewriteRule ^index.php/.*$ /? [R=301,NE,NC,L]
I want to redirect anything with index.php?cPath=# to our root domain. Any ideas on how i can tackle this 301 redirect using a mod_rewrite on apache?
I've also just noticed that our site has another issue with this url format:
domain.com/?cPath=#...
so now I also need to write a rewrite for domain.com/?cPath=# I don't know where this one popped up from but I can see its going to cause issues hence the valid 200 response code it gives. The engines are really going to love me for this one.
When I searching our web site on Google I found three sites with the same content show up. I always thought we were using only one site www.foo.com, but it turn out we have www.foo.net and www.foo.info with the same content as www.foo.com.
I know it is extremely bad to have the same content under different URL. And it seems we have being using three domains for years and I have not seen punitive blunt so far. What is going on? Is Google using new policy like this blog advocate?http://www.seodenver.com/duplicate-content-over-multiple-domains-seo-issues/ Or is it OK using DNS redirect? What should I do? Thanks
If you are managing the websites via Google Webmaster Tools, it is possible to specify the "primary domain".
However, the world of search engines doesn't stop with Google, so your best bet is to send a 301 redirect to your primary domain. For example.
www.foo.net should 301 redirect to www.foo.com
www.foo.net/bar should 301 redirect to www.foo.com/bar
and so on.
This will ensure that www.foo.com gets the entire score, rather than (potentially) a third of the score that you might get for link-backs (internal and external).
Look into canonical links, as documented by Google.
If your site has identical or vastly
similar content that's accessible
through multiple URLs, this format
provides you with more control over
the URL returned in search results. It
also helps to make sure that
properties such as link popularity are
consolidated to your preferred
version.
They explicitly state it will work cross-domain.
I have a customer that been on the web for some time. They have bought a domain name that describe it product, and a second one more up to date. Now that company has evolved to something more general and has bought a 3rd domain - something like:
vegetables.com (2005)
ecolo-vegetables.com (2006)
good-health-eating.com (2009)
Here are my questions:
What is the bet way to get all those domains under the new name?
The new name is unknown to search engine and other linker, I don't want to lose the ranking, so what is the best way to keep that ranking?
Can I point URLs to the "best" ranked domain?
What append to the backlinker? they link to which domain?
The new domain has a "-" in the name... which is really good to SEO but a little unnatural to type, should I get the no dash version too?
n.b. It make sense to redirect all the domain under the same, but will you choose the oldest (with modrewrite) or the newest but with no life under it's belt (so it doesn't exist anywhere in search engine)
another p.s. Some will tell me to redirect with .htaccess, but should I change the dns to point to the last .com. which solution is better
Are all three sites "Different" or do they point to the same website/content?
Use 301 Redirects to redirect your old domain names to the new domain names. If all domains are pointing to the same website, make sure you also use the Canonical Tag on all your pages.
If you 301 Redirect from the old domain names / urls, your rankings will be transfered to your new domain/pages. (the only exception to this may be any extra points you get from embedded keywords in your old domain names).
You should point old urls to your "new" urls/domain. Rankings and link juice should/will be transfered to the new urls/domain.
Ideally all your backlinks should update their links to the new domain, but it doesn't really matter. If the old domains are 301 redirecting to the new domain anyway, point to the old domain is just like pointing to the new domain.
Definitely get the no-dash version of the domain as well and just have it 301 redirect to the actual domain you want to target.
I'll give this a go.
1. You could possibly have redirects or just allow the DNS of the domain to point to the new (desired) website.
2. It's not hard to understand SEO (Search Engine Optimization) nowadays - ensuring you have the correct meta tags and other SE info will give you a big helping hand. There isn't any way of transferring SE ranks.
3. That's possible. You could have ABCDEF.COM at number 3 on google, but then set ABCDEF.COM to redirect to GHIJKL.COM.
4. If you set up redirects, and the new site has the same content as the old one, there is the possiblity of setting up your DNS and your redirect to redirect to the new version of the previous page on the new website.
( I don't think I worded that very well, hope you catch my drift )
5. Out of pure experience I'd say yes, get both. That way you can market to your customer audience as ABCDEF.com, but show to SEs as AB-CD-EF.COM.
Here is the best answer i got from this link
302 and 301 Redirects
When a request for a page or URL is
made by a browser, agent or spider,
the web server where the page is
hosted checks a file called
'.htaccess'. This file contains
instructions on how to handle specific
requests and also plays a key role in
security. The '.htaccess' file can be
modified so that it instructs
browsers, agents or spiders that the
page has either temporarily moved (302
redirect) or permanently moved (301
redirect). It is usually possible to
implement this redirect without
messing with the '.htaccess' file
directly, using your web host's
control panel instead.
From a search engine perspective, 301
redirects are the only acceptable way
to redirect URLs. In the case of
moved pages, search engines will index
only the new URL, but will transfer
link popularity from the old URL to
the new one so that search engine
rankings are not affected. The same
behavior occurs when additional
domains are set to point to the main
domain through a 301 redirect.
And the last word : from this link that just confirm what i know know !
First off, ensure you're using "301 redirects" rather than "302 redirects" or the link juice (PageRank) won't transfer to the destination URL. You can verify that 301s (not 302s) are in place by using a "server header checker" like this one. Only a 301 tells engines the previous URL has moved permanently and thus forwards the page's link equity to the new location.