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301 Permanent redirects for parked domain names

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If you have several domain names parked/pointed at your site it is a good idea to create permanent 301 redirect for them so for the search engines not to treat them as duplicate content.

Here is a sample .htaccess that will do that:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^parkeddomain.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^parkeddomain-2.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/$1 [R=301]

And even more generic solution would be:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.maindomain.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/$1 [R=301]

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Comments 8 >>

Volunteer Abroad Said,
Apr 15, 2008 @ 05:39

Thanks - this helped me loads!
Palestine Students Forum Said,
Oct 20, 2008 @ 14:20

thanks very much its help me for parked domains
Mia Said,
Apr 08, 2009 @ 08:23

Thank,s for the education.
Great advice and easy to understand.
I have added you to my fav list and will return.
Thanks again..Mia
kindyroot Said,
Nov 26, 2009 @ 09:40

It says:
"Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."
steve Said,
Jan 01, 2010 @ 11:39

thanks, not sure what it all means but im slowly learning.

im actually trying to point a parked domain to a folder which carries a seperate language on my main domain...

ie.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^parkeddomain.cl$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^parkeddomain-2.ar$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.maindomain.com/es/$1 [R=301]

that didn't work - not sure if there is a way to do it?
thanks
arya Said,
Jul 11, 2010 @ 22:34

what about the backlink at parked domain ? google or yahoo will count too ?
Portland SEO Service Said,
Aug 06, 2010 @ 21:58

Arya, the 301 permanent redirect will inform the search engines that count all backlinks as well
Sam Said,
Jul 25, 2011 @ 18:12

I have already auto redirected my .org domain to https://www.mydomain.org

Now I have parked mydomain.com to the .org and the browsers are saying its not a safe linke when the .com redirects to my .org https. any help?
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