Domain aliases and 301 redirects

[CSNM-Customer: wallacr]

As search engines aren't keen on the same content being on multiple domain names it would be nice if a 301 redirect could be put in place on domain aliases instead of having to add another domain (and losing one of my domain resourses) and setting that up for a 301 redirect.

This isn't the end of the world as I'm not near my limit, but it just came to mind and I thought I'd share my thoughts with you all

Rich

[CSNM-Customer: Mark Voss]

There are ways to do a 301 redirect from an alias to a main domain.
I use a global.asa file on my main domain to do this for my asp sites:

<script language="VBScript" RUNAT="SERVER">
Sub Session_OnStart
  Dim strHost
  strHost = LCase(Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST"))
  If Not strHost = "www.main-domain.co.uk" Then
  strHost = "www.main-domain.co.uk"

  Dim strScript, strQuerystring, strURL
  strScript = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
  strQuerystring = Request.ServerVariables("QUERY_STRING")
    If Not strQuerystring = "" Then
    strQuerystring = "?" & strQuerystring
    End If
  strURL = "http://" & strHost & strScript & strQuerystring

  Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently" 
  Response.AddHeader "Location", strURL
  End If
End Sub
</script>