Changed my .htaccess file to redirect traffic and now my AdSense views are way down...

[Bonsai Coder]

I assume this is just a short-term issue but I wanted to hear from the pros...

So I had a problem with my site and traffic going to both http://mysite.com and http://www.mysite.com. A new .htaccess file is now redirecting all traffic to http://www.mysite.com.

My site traffic is the same, but Google AdSense is saying my views are way down. I assume it is related to the new .htaccess file... but I want to confirm? Is it just a question of my site needing to be recrawled by their bots, or something more complicated?

 

[melbo]

What code did you use for the redirect?

 

[Bonsai Coder]

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

 

[CTXMedia]

Try:

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