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d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/15/2007 4:21:01 i was reading some - possibly out of date - info on domain masking. recently bought 2 us domain names that we want to point to our existing hosting under a different domain name. do we want www.24mr.us to point to chargercomposites.com/sailing/24mrus but i read that this sort of masking (where it would read www.24mr.us/24mr.us) can lead to being penalised or even banned!!! what should i do? do i need to buy more hosting just for these 2 us domain names?? _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/15/2007 6:56:19 See if your host allows add-on domains to the account. One of mine does, one doesn't (I'm moving from them as soon as it's up for renewal as I can use the spare space) You have to point the additional domains to a sub folder which is then treated as the root for that domain.. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/15/2007 8:13:39 well it's outfront hosting and i don't think it does but i guess should check with thomas ;) just feels a bit like i'm bothering with these things as i was just pestering him with masking it to point to the chargercomposites site root for now. _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/15/2007 8:30:57 I have some domains with a domain park that just point to a site, I have other domains as add-ons. None of the sites have been banned. Add-ons can usually be set up through your control panel. If it's not an option there then you probably can't. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/16/2007 15:08:20 it seems it's not possible as i asked before and this is what Thomas replied quote: It's possible to use domain forwarding and masking to create the appearance of more than one site on the same hosting account. That works fine for some situations and not well for others. The primary disadvantage of forwarding/masking is that the address that appears in the address box of the browser never changes as the visitor navigates the site. It behaves as if the site were in a frameset. That means people cannot bookmark pages other than the home page, and other sites cannot link to pages other than the home page. Also, domain forwarding and masking is a big negative with regard to search engine positioning. Some sites don't need to worry about these things. Others do. so basically that isn't going to be what my client wants (he's now getting interested in the SEO :( BUT he's registered 2 new domain names so if understand correctly we could get say new hosting for www.24mr.us but then it's still the same bad idea to get www.24mr.com masked to the same space- so would it be two lots of new hosting?! heck what do i do? i mean it is possible he might fork out for 2 lots of hosting but i need to be clear that that's what we need to do. Advice is very much appreciated. p.s. why do clients think about these things at busy times like Christmas ;) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/16/2007 16:48:29 No you get one lot of hosting that allows add-on domains then set up the .com as the main domain which will use the root as its..... errr...... root. Then add-on the .us. You'll need a subfolder for that so put the index page in there and that'll be the .us root. If you set the urls in that page up correctly it'll then use the main site for all other pages. If they allow add-ons they probably allow you to park domains as well so you can put more in there. I have one set up like this that has two .info and two .co.uk domains lodged with it. Thomas is right about masking which is different. Say I buy my domain through freeparking and my host is xxxhost. I can forward the domain at freeparking to the space on xxxhost. In that case I get the whole lot in a frame but the domain is masked. If I enter code to break out of the frames then the domain gets unmasked. BTW I never buy a domain off a host. I use freeparking as I'm then free to use their control panel to move the doamins around as I please. There's no chance of blackmail when a host refuses to release a domain. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/16/2007 16:55:02 doamins! LOL! Well you know..... _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jaybee)


d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/16/2007 17:02:52 ok i emailed thomas and included a link to this thread so i'll see what he says ;) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/16/2007 17:31:52 Sure no probs. Not all hosts allow it. Two of mine do one just offered the forwarding idea when I queried it. it may be a cpanel only facility as both hosts offering it use cpanel. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)


d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/17/2007 16:19:19 tom has been kind enough to email me with some options - including add-on domains. _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


d a v e Posts: 4179 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/18/2007 15:10:26 rang him today and tom is sorting me out with add-on domains so everything is looking rosy :) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to d a v e)


jaybee Posts: 14191 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: masking domain name: possible ban or not? - 12/18/2007 15:44:33 Great. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to d a v e)