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The title is a bit confusing, let me clarify:
For those of us here that have web sites or have ever had a hosting plan, you'll know that to host web sites for several domains requires a certain type of package that allows you to create multiple public_html(s) through your cpanel. So each site on each domain you host has its own cpanel and public_html.
But some hosting companies like GoDaddy offer domain hosting on "unlimited" domains, which is technically true (or false). Here's why: On GoDaddy hosting, you are only given 1 public_html on the first (or primary) domain you host, and every add-on domain after that is a sub-folder of that public html. For example: if my primary domain was Domains.com and I also wanted to host Minisites.com, the location of the web files for Minisites.com is actually in Domains.com/minisites.com. When you visit Minisites.com it does a form of masking/forwarding that makes it appear to your browser that the files are hosted in that domain.
Question: How does this effect indexing? Does anyone have any experience with this? I am currently developing a company web site for an old family friend and noticed they had that type of setup, so I Google searched site:[domain] and didn't find any issues. Everything was where it was suppose to be.
I ask because I have about 6 minisites that are doing OK on Adsense but my Hostgator reseller package (or whatever its called that allows for multiple domains:multiple public_html) is eating up much of the earnings while GoDaddy with their weird setup has a hosting plan for as low as $7/mo. I tried it for a week almost a year ago but was concerned that it would have an effect on indexing and negatively impact my earnings. But since then I've been thinking twice and wanted to post the issue here.
Any help appreciated; thanks!
For those of us here that have web sites or have ever had a hosting plan, you'll know that to host web sites for several domains requires a certain type of package that allows you to create multiple public_html(s) through your cpanel. So each site on each domain you host has its own cpanel and public_html.
But some hosting companies like GoDaddy offer domain hosting on "unlimited" domains, which is technically true (or false). Here's why: On GoDaddy hosting, you are only given 1 public_html on the first (or primary) domain you host, and every add-on domain after that is a sub-folder of that public html. For example: if my primary domain was Domains.com and I also wanted to host Minisites.com, the location of the web files for Minisites.com is actually in Domains.com/minisites.com. When you visit Minisites.com it does a form of masking/forwarding that makes it appear to your browser that the files are hosted in that domain.
Question: How does this effect indexing? Does anyone have any experience with this? I am currently developing a company web site for an old family friend and noticed they had that type of setup, so I Google searched site:[domain] and didn't find any issues. Everything was where it was suppose to be.
I ask because I have about 6 minisites that are doing OK on Adsense but my Hostgator reseller package (or whatever its called that allows for multiple domains:multiple public_html) is eating up much of the earnings while GoDaddy with their weird setup has a hosting plan for as low as $7/mo. I tried it for a week almost a year ago but was concerned that it would have an effect on indexing and negatively impact my earnings. But since then I've been thinking twice and wanted to post the issue here.
Any help appreciated; thanks!