Redirecting domain & Google

[sami]

I just found out I can't use the add-on domain feature like I wanted and I have a few domains I need to use. This raises a few questions:

Case 1. I use normal redirecting like mydomain.com --> mydomain.someotherdomain.com
a) Will there be any problems addings my pages to google as mydomain.com?
b) Will google show mydomain.com or mydomain.someotherdomain.com in the search results?
Case 2. I use redirecting with frame so the address mydomain.com stays visible to the user. I understand google doesn't like frames much. How much does this hurt possible rankings?
Case 3. I use some other way so google shows me as mydomain.com in the search results and there are no other problems. Possible?

I use joker.com to manage my domains (except someotherdomain.com) and there lots of options I don't even understand.

Any advice?

[Fruit & Veg]

Case 1
a) Yes, as mydomain.com is just being redirected to someotherdomain.com, so no pages actually exist on mydomain.com.
b) it'll show mydomain.someotherdomain.com if that's where the redirection is going.
Case 2
Frames are OK, you just need to know how to optimise them well - <noframes> tag and good page inter-linking is the key.
Case 3
Yes, if you actually host pages on mydomain.com.

I take it you don't want to have to pay for extra hosting for all these domains? If this is the case then just redirect the DNS of each domain name to a specific page on your main website and let those pages on mydomain.someotherdomain.com rank well.

[FGTH]

Originally Posted by sami

I just found out I can't use the add-on domain feature like I wanted and I have a few domains I need to use. This raises a few questions:

Case 1. I use normal redirecting like mydomain.com --> mydomain.someotherdomain.com
a) Will there be any problems addings my pages to google as mydomain.com?
b) Will google show mydomain.com or mydomain.someotherdomain.com in the search results?
Case 2. I use redirecting with frame so the address mydomain.com stays visible to the user. I understand google doesn't like frames much. How much does this hurt possible rankings?
Case 3. I use some other way so google shows me as mydomain.com in the search results and there are no other problems. Possible?

I use joker.com to manage my domains (except someotherdomain.com) and there lots of options I don't even understand.

Any advice?

".com" is Top Level Domain
"2ndleveldomain.com" is 2nd Level Domain
"3rdleveldomain.2ndleveldomain.com" is 3rd Level Domain

Most SEs index and prioritize by 2nd and TLD, so subsequent domains will most likely be ignored.

I don't recommend using frames, but if you plan to use frames, include comments that contain the main textual content within the "framing file".

For redirects, avoid using "refresh" within your code.

Instead, use permanent redirect in your .htaccess or http.conf file for both files and directories. This tells robots that the page or directory has moved. Google is very good at updating permanent moves (my site gets updated every 3 days by Google).

For individual files use the following
------- code starts below this line (no breaks) ---------
redirect 301 /thisoldpage.html http://mydomain.someotherdomain.com/thisnewpage.html
------- code ends above this line -------

For whole directories use the following
------- code starts below this line (no breaks) ---------
redirect 301 / http://mydomain.someotherdomain.com
------- code ends above this line -------

[sami]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm starting to get the big picture now. Now I'm also considering my own server. I have a cable connection and it should be ok with my isp to have my own server. That would remove all the annoying stuff I have to deal with on the paid webspace. I'll look more into it.

[sami]

Grrr! I just found out I can't keep a server on my cable connection.

Frames might have been ok but I'm using joker.com for all my dns needs and they don't let you modify your own custom redirecting frames. That sucks. So I think now I'll just redirect the "normal" way (their redirection without frames) and keep the nice domain name for links in articles and such. I think I read somewhere that the pagerank for the domain is passed to the forwarded domain. At least I hope so.

[MadHatter]

for bouncing an entire site to a new server try:

[code:1:73f0d339f8]redirectpermanent / http://www.new-domain-here.com[/code:1:73f0d339f8]