# How to correct this? 301 redirect
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 25, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378 "2008-06-25T15:59:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@acc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/acc)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/1 "2008-06-25T15:59:44Z")
did this website grader and it has this note:
**Permanent Redirect Not Found** Search engines may think **[www.url.com](http://www.url.com)** and **[url.com](http://url.com)** are two different sites.You should set up a permanent redirect (technically called a “301 redirect”) between these sites. Once you do that, you will get full search engine credit for your work on these sites.
I know 301 redirect, when it comes to pages, but don’t really know how to go about this.
where do i place the redirect lines and how do I query if they entered [www.url.com](http://www.url.com) or [url.com](http://url.com)?
thanks
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### Author:  [@actionAction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionAction)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/2 "2008-06-25T16:07:44Z")
Create an .htaccess file and put this in it. Obviously change [url.com](http://url.com) to your domain:
```auto
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^url.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.url.com/$1 [L,R=301]
```
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### Author:  [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/3 "2008-06-25T16:07:55Z")
search .htaccess 301 redirect in google
//edit, or do what it says above…
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### Author:  [@acc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/acc)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/4 "2008-06-25T16:16:12Z")
server is IIS (ASP) and when I was looking for info, correct me if I am wrong, that it cannot run .htaccess file
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### Author:  [@actionAction](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/actionAction)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/5 "2008-06-25T16:34:25Z")
You are correct, stupid IIS. Anyway, this link, though very old might help you: [http://www.xoc.net/works/tips/domain.asp](http://www.xoc.net/works/tips/domain.asp)
If you are on shared hosting, you may need to contact your hosting provider to have this done.
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### Author:  [@acc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/acc)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/6 "2008-06-27T13:38:07Z")
would you suggest something like this? though I would have to put in every page, but is it an option?
\<%@ Language=VBScript %\>
\<%
If InStr(Request.ServerVariables(“SERVER\_NAME”),“www”) = 0 Then
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader “Location”,"[http://www.sitename.com](http://www.sitename.com)"
Request.ServerVariables(“HTTP\_HOST”)
Request.ServerVariables(“SCRIPT\_NAME”)
End if
%\>
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### Author:  [@icio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icio)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/7 "2008-06-27T15:30:37Z")
If you had set your DNS records up properly this wouldn’t be a problem.
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### Author:  [@acc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/acc)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/8 "2008-06-27T15:52:10Z")
actually, I didn’t set it up and I don’t have access to the settings, it’s a company site. I would have to tell admin to do it.
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### Author:  [@icio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icio)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-correct-this-301-redirect/264378/9 "2008-06-27T19:14:32Z")
If they’re employing someone to handle it, tell him to do his ■■■■ job.