Somebody's domain is still pointing to the dedicated IP of one of my clients' websites - and it is messing up their backlinks in Google Search Console. This will probably never happen to you, but you may still pick up some helpful tips by watching how I "fixed" this issue.
- The speaker encountered a weird problem with one of his websites.
- The website smartdrivetest.com was showing up as lefandacioninfantile.org in the address bar.
- The problem was caused by a previous domain owner using the same dedicated IP that the current website is using.
- The speaker considered changing IPs but wanted to keep the current dedicated IP for email purposes.
- The solution was to add a rewrite rule to the .htaccess file to redirect any calls to lefandacioninfantile.org to smartdrivetest.com.
- The speaker received help from a friend named Chad Madan to implement the rewrite rule.
- By using a 301 redirect, Google will recognize the change, and the backlinks from the old domain will be redirected to the correct website.
- The speaker shared the code for the rewrite rule in the video.
- He reminded the audience that .htaccess files can be used to control server behavior.
- The problem is unlikely to happen often, but it's a good reminder to be familiar with .htaccess files and seek help when needed.
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