Redirection related help require

[sg]

Hi All,

Me with another problem this time...

I have a sub domain http://bingoreview.best-bingo-games.com and now used a 301 redirect to another directory http://www.best-bingo-games.com/bingoreview/

now i have the same content of files in both the places, so my question is will google treat it as duplicate files on the server... or not...

All the thanks in advance...

[WinYourWayKyle]

I do not understand why you would 301 this?
Why not just move the files to the new location: http://www.best-bingo-games.com/bingoreview/
Create a new sitemap and submit it to the Search Engines.
Google and the other search engines will eventually see that it is moved and remove the old links.
You can also tell google this using webmaster tools.

[sg]

Hey mate,
thanks for this info, but tell me something if i follow your process, but with this i will loose all the traffic coming from the old urls... i mean the sub domain urls...

but with this i will not loose them, or is there any other way to get rid of this problem and keep the traffic intact.

thanks in advance....

[rak]

Hey SG,

Just covering some background stuff before answering you questions - for anyone else who might be wondering whats happening here?

If I understand correctly you are redirecting one domain to another domain, where the directory structure and the files are identical.

The best way to redirect incoming traffic is using the 301 redirect - which is the most SEO friendly method.

Put this code into a .htaccess file, and upload it to your "old" domain root, and it will redirect directory for directory, file to file to the "newdomain.com" location.

To answer your question, will Google see this as duplicate content and penalise you - no - make sure your site has an XML Sitemap, and submitted via your Google Webmaster Tools account.

Leave your old files where they are, leave the old directories where they are, and in time they will disappear and be replaced in the SERPs with the new location. I also... wouldn't delete the old files and directory - just in case you have incoming links from external sites, you don't want to lose that link juice.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[sg]

Hey Rakesh,

that solves my question, another quick one.,, do i have to submit another sitemap with the new location and delete the old one in webmaster central, or leave it as it is and add the new one...

[rak]

Hey Rakesh,

that solves my question, another quick one.,, do i have to submit another sitemap with the new location and delete the old one in webmaster central, or leave it as it is and add the new one...

You definitely want to submit the new one - its the one you want Googlebot to look at every time it spiders your website.

[sg]

and how about the old one.. shall i keep it as it was or delete it... and create a robots with disallow the entire sub domain...

[rak]

and how about the old one.. shall i keep it as it was or delete it... and create a robots with disallow the entire sub domain...

I would definitely keep it, for the sole reason that sites might be linking to the old content. If you pull down the old content, those links become dead, and therefore no link juice will be passed onto you.

[sg]

thanks Rakesh for the informations and guide... that is what is expected from a good gpwa member...

[rak]

thanks Rakesh for the informations and guide... that is what is expected from a good gpwa member...

Aww thanks man! Just trying to help out. Helps having being a developer in a past life!