301 v alias

External Since: Aug 29, 2003 Posts: 10

i have multiple domains pointing to the same website using alias

i have been told search enigines such as google may not like this and that i
should use a 301 redirect instead

<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin webmaster.DeleteThis@xxxxxl.com
DocumentRoot /usr/home/xxxxxl
ServerName www.xxxxxl .com
ServerAlias www.xxxxxertl.com
ServerAlias www.xxxxxrtl.com
ServerAlias www.xxxxx23l.com
ErrorLog logs/xxxxxl .com-error_log
CustomLog logs/xxxxxl .com-access.log "combined"
scriptalias /cgi-bin/ /usr/home/xxxxxl/cgi-bin/
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php
</VirtualHost>

can anyone tell me the best way to apply this and get the alias to bring up
the main site instead.

Any thoughts on using 301 over alias, a good idea?

External Since: Nov 03, 2003 Posts: 2907

Andy <me RemoveThis @privacy.net> wrote:
> i have been told search enigines such as google may not like

I don't see why they shouldn't like this and like instead the
redirect. A server alias is perfectly transparent. Ok, it could lead
the search engine to store multiple time the same page as coming from
different servers while it's coming from one server only, but if you
used the UseCanonicalName option then the URL will be rewritten and
the server will react like a redirect without a redirect.

Anyway... why do you bother about what search engine likes or not?

Davide

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