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I am having a strange problem with a website i am working on, the company recently changed their domain name but the old domain maps to the new one.

They were www {dot} gtcsports {dot} com

Now they are www {dot} thorntonsports {dot} co {dot} uk

They dont want to be associated with the old name and when i put 'thornton sports' in google, GTC Sports appears top

Also i noticed that when i go to www {dot} thorntonsports {dot} co {dot} uk and check Cached Version in my google toolbar it says it is caching www {dot} gtcsports {dot} com
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Answers - 1

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Originally Posted by slaterminn I am having a strange problem with a website i am working on, the company recently changed their domain name but the old domain maps to the new one.

The main problem I see is that the old domain doesn't "map" to the new one! At the moment the old home page/domain root url (301) redirects to the new domain but many of the inner pages don't!
Search Google for site:www.gtcsports.com and check the results (52), many of them are just returning a 404 page

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Originally Posted by slaterminn They dont want to be associated with the old name and when i put 'thornton sports' in google, GTC Sports appears top

You have this url on the new site: "/gtc-sports" (page title is GTC Sports Ltd) so "don't want to be associated" isn't quite accurate! I also see that url returned top of the "site" results for the new domain (hence the title)!

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Originally Posted by slaterminn Also i noticed that when i go to www {dot} thorntonsports {dot} co {dot} uk and check Cached Version in my google toolbar it says it is caching www {dot} gtcsports {dot} com

I think you'll find you're looking at the cache for "www.thorntonsports.co.uk/gtc-sports ", not the home page.

You need to (301) redirect the remaining urls to clear it up.

I am currently using on the GTC Sports site

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*$
RewriteRule ^/?$ http://www.thorntonsports.co.uk [R=301,L]

** ADDITION **

this is used code for thorntonsports.co.uk website

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^thorntonsports\.co.uk
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thorntonsports.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

Thanks for all your help