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Google accesses my site via my DNS reverse records e.g. static-myip.host.com instead of using the domain

In Google Webmaster tools I get DNS issues - could it be that allowing Google to access a site via reverse records is not the best thing? How can I redirect direct accesses via reverse records to the actual domain?

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  • I'm pretty sure that you can redirect these accesses via httpd.conf, but I have no clue how and the documentation on this issue is small
    – mashup
    Sep 16, 2011 at 20:27
  • I don't suppose it's as easy as getting your reverse DNS to match your forward DNS?
    – Alo
    Sep 16, 2011 at 20:47

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You can create a new name-based virtual host matching your reverse hostname and redirect it with 301 to the correct domain (e.g. example.net):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName static-myip.host.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine on
        RewriteRule (.*) http://example.net/$1 [R=301,L] 
    </IfModule>
</VirtualHost>

This way Google bots will know that the real URL for the content is http://example.net/

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