Posted on Wednesday, 17th December 2008 by Jeff
You probably already know how important backlinks are for your SEO. One thing you may not already know is that some of your backlinks may not count for your main website. If you submitted your website to Google as http://www.yourdomain.com, then all the backlinks that go back to http://yourdomain won’t count toward your SEO! This is a serious problem that lots of people don’t even know about. The easiest way to make all your backlinks count is to create a 301 Redirect. If your website is setup on an Apache/Linux server, then this can be easily done by adding the following codes in your .htaccess file:
If your website was submitted to Google with WWW in front, then add the following code:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sitestartups\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sitestartups.com/$1 [R=301,L]
If your website doesn’t have WWW in front, then add the following code:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.sitestartups\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://sitestartups.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Make sure to replace my domain “sitestartups.com” with your own domain name. If the 301 redirect is properly installed, you should be redirected to http://www.yourdomain when you type in http://yourdomain.com. Or if your website doesn’t have WWW in front, when you type in http://www.yourdomain.com you would be redirected to http://yourdomain.com. If your website doesn’t have a .htaccess file, you may download these .htaccess files with the 301 redirect already installed. Choose the .htaccess file that matches up with your domain. Make sure to change “sitestartups.com” using a program such as Notepad and click on “Save”. When that’s done, upload the .htaccess file to your “main directory” and check your url to make sure it’s working. Remember, this only works for websites that are installed on Apache/Linux servers.
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