How to fix - IP Canonicalization

KO5 · ‎03-13-2016

This is what one of the SEO tests say about my site,

Your site's IP 199.34.228.71 does not redirect to your site's domain name. This could cause duplicate content problems if a search engine indexes your site under both its IP and domain name.

I work on my SEO everyday, and wanted to find out how to fix this, or check it to make sure it re-directs right.

This is what the fix is they say,

In order to pass this test you must consider using a 301 re-write rule in your .htaccess file so that your site's IP points to your domain name.
If your site is running on apache server, you could put these lines in your .htaccess after RewriteEngine on line:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^XXX\.XXX\.XXX\.XXX
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Note that you must proper format the first line using your IP (replace X characters with proper digits from your IP) and the second line using your domain name.

Barbara_B · ‎03-13-2016

Hi KO,

Because you're on a shared IP address, you can't make the IP redirect to your website. This is really not a problem though because no one will be trying to access your website by entering the IP address in their browser. There's no reason that even a search engine would try to access your site that way. In the case of a shared IP, if the search engine did look at the IP instead of your domain, they would not see duplicate content because that's just not how your domain is set up.

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mario3 · ‎07-10-2016

Hi, well I have same problem... Your site's IP 199.34.228.xxx does not redirect to your site's domain name. This could cause duplicate content problems if a search engine indexes your site under both its IP and domain name.
Can it be sorted?

Brodie · ‎07-11-2016

Hi @mario,

Please see @Barbara's response above - this is not an issue that should affect your site performance, but also is something that cannot be modified.

cardinesmac · ‎08-31-2017

Hi Barbara, With regards to this topic. I have the same problem for shared hosting. Other areas can visit the website and others can't. How can we get a dedicated IP Address?

Thanks,

Mac Cardines

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