Welcome back, Peter!
You will want to set up a 301 redirect by using an .htaccess file.
It's my understanding that the Googlebot will recognize this, and that
it will not consider it the same kind of redirect which Google warns
webmasters not to use.
First, you will need to contact your webhosting company and make sure
that their server is not set to ignore .htaccess files (this is not
uncommon); if it is, you will need to request that they enable
.htaccess, at least for your site, and hopefully they will be willing
to do that for you. (If not, see the last link in this Answer for a
workaround from CyberTech Help that may do the trick for you.)
If your site already has an .htaccess file, you will need to download
it and add the following lines, otherwise, you will need to create an
.htaccess file containing the following lines:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} http://6sigma.us$
RewriteRule ^(.+) http://www.6sigma.us/$1 [L,R=301]
Here's a helpful tutorial on creating .htaccess files from Build Website 4U:
http://www.buildwebsite4u.com/advanced/htaccess-file.shtml
As far as the description that shows up in Google Search Results, I
recommend that you change your meta content tag at the beginning of
your meta tags (on all of the pages in your site that reads something
like the following (you can rewrite this as you best see fit):
<meta name="description" content="Six Sigma: Providing information
on the implementation of 6 Sigma techniques to achieve Lean
Manufacturing, including Six Sigma training, the DMAIC ( Define,
Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control ) methodology, and the DFSS (
Design For Six Sigma ) approach">
Hopefully, this will replace the non-descript description that the
Googlebot is currently pulling from your page header, "Six Sigma . us.
..."
Finally, I highly recommend that you
1) check with your web host to make sure that the server supports SSI
(server-side INCLUDEs)
2) pull the chunk of javascript out into its own file entitled
something like "jscriptmenu.js", and insert the following statement
between the <script> and </script> tags in the <head> section of your
pages instead:
<!-- #include file="jscriptmenu.js" -->
Sometimes, a lot of javascript code at the beginning of your html
pages can confuse the Googlebot, and it will just stop indexing,
missing much of your content.
Larisa Thomason, Senior Web Analyst at NetMechanic.com, has written a
good tutorial on this (you will need to scroll partway down the page
to Creating External JavaScript Files"):
http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol5/html_no3.htm
Here's a handy utility created by Joseph K Myers that will help you do this:
http://www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/javascript_include_file_creator.shtm
And here's another helpful page from Steven Bentley on CyberTech help
which shows how to implement INCLUDE files and .htaccess files:
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/html/tutorials/tutorial.php/id/28
Before Rating my Answer, if you have any Questions about the above
information, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be
glad to see what I can do for you.
I hope that this Answer provides exactly the information you were seeking!
Regards,
ace |
