Setup Canonical Domain Name For Seo

[polat]

I would like to setup canonical domain names for SEO purposes. I used method described Here. But when I edit .htaccess file exactly described there and upload to server, I get this error message:

"The page isn't redirecting properly

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."

 

What am I doing wrong.

 

Thanks

[TCH-Bruce]

It would help if you showed us what you entered in the .htaccess file.

[polat]

This is the first one which I tried:

 

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mywebsite\.com

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.'>http://www.mywebsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

 

 

This is the second one which I tried:

 

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mywebsite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

At second rule my website has index.php as well.

Both caused same error.

Edited December 11, 2009 by polat

[TCH-Bruce]

This should work if placed in "public_html"

 

><IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  Options +FollowSymLinks
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.your-domain\.com$
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://your-domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>