Updated 12/22/2016
Instead of paying developers to do 301 redirects for you take the easy and inexpensive way out and do it yourself. There is no need to get all crazy with coding when cPanel makes 301 redirects easy enough for someone with even the most basic of programming skills.
This method also works for 301 redirects for Joomla and 301 redirects for WordPress as they are both likely hosted in a cPanel account.
Note: This How To is for 301 redirects for websites that are hosted on servers running Apache
The Easy 301 Redirect in cPanel
There are two fairly simple ways to do a 301 redirect in cPanel. Below we will demonstrate the easiest way. In this How To, I will be 301 redirecting an old domain of mine (writingseocontent.com- which I have since let lapse) to my new domain (http://www.thedigitalelevator.com/). You can do a 301 redirect from a domain to a completely new domain or do a 301 redirect within the domain. For example http://www.thedigitalelevator.com/home to thedigitalelevator.com. In this situation, I am redirecting writingseocontent.com to thedigitalelevator.com because I merged the two companies and want to brand and market them as one. Additionally, I want the SEO value of that old website writingseocontent.com to transfer to my new website.
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