Is masked domain forwarding a bad thing?

[cache]

I am trying to understand the 301 302 domain forwarding. I think some of my domain names may not be forwarded correctly, thus may be negatively affect my PR. So is it true a masked domain forwarding bad for your website?

Here is some info I found:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum5/5200-2-10.htm

 

[xtremest]

I can't read the article, you need to be logged in, but 301 thing moves PR from one domain to another. It tested with time.

And what you mean by masking forwarding? IFrame 100% or what ?

 

[cache]

the mask forwarding is the one that a visitor does not see the original directory of the pages of your hosting space. At godday, when you choose url forwarding, you would have the option of either masked or non-masked.

I think the quoted article is trying to explain differences between 301, 302 or 200. They will have different effect to your PR indexing.

I can't read the article, you need to be logged in, but 301 thing moves PR from one domain to another. It tested with time.

And what you mean by masking forwarding? IFrame 100% or what ?

 

[xtremest]

Ah, i see. Masking and non-masking reaaly means framed and non framed. Framed means that you (or script) create top frame that does not contain any info and lower frame with 100% width and height of site where do you like you visitor will be redirected.
This is a simple example code:

<FRAMESET border=0 frameSpacing=0 rows=*,100% frameBorder=0 cols=100% MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0">
<FRAME border=0 name=123 marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="http://www.yoursite.ru/blank.html" noResize scrolling=no TARGET="123">
<FRAME border=0 name=1234 src="http://www.somesite.com/index.php?fromyoursite" noResize TARGET="1234">

Using this code you just shade real site as address bar stays does not change and stays on yoursite.com

Nonmasked - it's simple Redirect instruction. Redirect are very often made via 302. That's not so good. You should type yoursite.com and see HTTP headers to see what code use your hoster or registrar.

Normally you have to choose - PR with 301 redirect and light to real location of pages or doing nothing with PR with shade to real location.

Try read http://www.corpsstudio.com/l1_Domain_Name/301_Redirects_and_Search_Engine_Optimization_.html may be this will help.

 

[cache]

thanks for the link.
So do most people use 301 for their adsense minisites? The cost per domain for hosting all different minisites will wash away the profits easily.

Ah, i see. Masking and non-masking reaaly means framed and non framed. Framed means that you (or script) create top frame that does not contain any info and lower frame with 100% width and height of site where do you like you visitor will be redirected.
This is a simple example code:

<FRAMESET border=0 frameSpacing=0 rows=*,100% frameBorder=0 cols=100% MARGINHEIGHT="0" MARGINWIDTH="0">
<FRAME border=0 name=123 marginWidth=0 marginHeight=0 src="http://www.yoursite.ru/blank.html" noResize scrolling=no TARGET="123">
<FRAME border=0 name=1234 src="http://www.somesite.com/index.php?fromyoursite" noResize TARGET="1234">

Using this code you just shade real site as address bar stays does not change and stays on yoursite.com

Nonmasked - it's simple Redirect instruction. Redirect are very often made via 302. That's not so good. You should type yoursite.com and see HTTP headers to see what code use your hoster or registrar.

Normally you have to choose - PR with 301 redirect and light to real location of pages or doing nothing with PR with shade to real location.

Try read http://www.corpsstudio.com/l1_Domain_Name/301_Redirects_and_Search_Engine_Optimization_.html may be this will help.

 

[EbookLover]

Interesting thread. Thought I'd ressurrect it.

The cost per domain for hosting all different minisites will wash away the profits easily.

Not really. If you have a reseller account or a true multidomain account, then it won't cost you that much per domain at all.

And if I may, I would like to tell you guys about a reseller host I found taht has very cheap plans and is very reliable. I have been using them for several months now and I have no complaints whatsoever. In fact, I switched to them over HostGator and I love them. I hated hostGator because their support is an absolute mess among other things.

The host is resellerzoom.com. They are a spin-off of HostingZoom, whom you may have heard of. I have no affiliattion with them, just a happy customer. Resller accounts for as little as $5/mo for 50 domains.

 

[cache]

yes, I agree.
Since then I also switched to a unlimited hosting plan.

Interesting thread. Thought I'd ressurrect it.



Not really. If you have a reseller account or a true multidomain account, then it won't cost you that much per domain at all.

And if I may, I would like to tell you guys about a reseller host I found taht has very cheap plans and is very reliable. I have been using them for several months now and I have no complaints whatsoever. In fact, I switched to them over HostGator and I love them. I hated hostGator because their support is an absolute mess among other things.

The host is resellerzoom.com. They are a spin-off of HostingZoom, whom you may have heard of. I have no affiliattion with them, just a happy customer.

 

[Grrilla]

Scott, here at NP, turned me on to ResellerZoom and I totally agree w/ EbookLover and cache's positive comments about them. I'm into month two and there hasn't been a single snag and nothing but smooth running. When I first started w/ them, I had some difficulty w/ adjusting to a couple of c-Panel's idiosyncricies and my account set up. (I had been using Direct Admin.) I received an immediate response to my 1st email and over the course of a day, I had 3-4 friendly email exchanges w/ a service *tech* who helped me iron out the problems. Good pricing and excellent service is a rare combination. :tu: :tu:

 

[EbookLover]

Yeah and I was paying $25/mo at HostGator. Sure it was unlimited sites but the service and uptime sucked. Also, the unlimited sites is not true. Once you set up so many domains they try to tell you that you need to get a dedicated account. Not to mention that they WAY oversell their servers. the server I was on hosted over 1800 sites!!!!

I love resellerzoom thus far.