I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
rankings. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Peter

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Peter

>I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".

What country is your site based ?
If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.

>basically so no one else can use the name.

See above.

>It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.

You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
you have made a redirect.
In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

> This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
>would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
>rankings. Any thoughts?

See above.

>Thanks,
>
>Peter

plh
paul

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On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
<customerservi...@houstoncrafts.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter
>
> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>
> What country is your site based ?
> If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
> Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.
>
> >basically so no one else can use the name.
>
> See above.
>
> >It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.
>
> You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
> If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
> you have made a redirect.
> In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
> But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
> you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.
>
> What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
> anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com
>
> > This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> See above.
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >Peter
>
> plh
> paul
>
> --http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston-crafts-handcrafted-jewelry/sitem...http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html

We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
do was called web forwarding. Sorry if I am confusing my terms. I am
new to all of this.

Thank you for your reply,

Peter

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
>company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
>is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
>would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
>rankings. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter

What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?

BB
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:29:15 +0100, The Gobbling Goblin
<customerservices@houstoncrafts.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Peter
>
>>I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>>there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>>".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>
>What country is your site based ?
>If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
>Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.
>
>>basically so no one else can use the name.
>
>See above.
>
>>It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>>".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>>".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.
>
>You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
>If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
>you have made a redirect.
>In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
>But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
>you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.

I think he's used frame forwarding or something. That's why I asked.

>What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
>anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com

Yes he does. I think he's using a control panel though so he won't
have that facility, not obviously anyway.

BB
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http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:06 -0700, peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
><customerservi...@houstoncrafts.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Peter
>>
>> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>>
>> What country is your site based ?
>> If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
>> Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.
>>
>> >basically so no one else can use the name.
>>
>> See above.
>>
>> >It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.
>>
>> You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
>> If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
>> you have made a redirect.
>> In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
>> But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
>> you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.
>>
>> What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
>> anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com
>>
>> > This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
>> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
>> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>>
>> See above.
>>
>> >Thanks,
>>
>> >Peter
>>
>> plh
>> paul
>>
>> --http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www.houstoncrafts.com/houston-crafts-handcrafted-jewelry/sitem...http://www.houstoncrafts.com/gemstone/necklace-308.html
>
>We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
>redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
>forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
>".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
>think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
>the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
>would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
>do was called web forwarding.

Told ya! Peter you might like to tell us the url involved so we can
test it. It won't do any harm or anything to mention it live on here.

BB

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http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:06 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
> ><customerservi...@houstoncrafts.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> Hi Peter
>
> >> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>
> >> What country is your site based ?
> >> If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
> >> Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.
>
> >> >basically so no one else can use the name.
>
> >> See above.
>
> >> >It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.
>
> >> You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
> >> If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
> >> you have made a redirect.
> >> In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
> >> But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
> >> you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.
>
> >> What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
> >> anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com
>
> >> > This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> >> See above.
>
> >> >Thanks,
>
> >> >Peter
>
> >> plh
> >> paul
>
> >> --http://www.houstoncrafts.com/handmade/beaded-earrings.htmlhttp://www....
>
> >We are in the US. I will look into the ".us" extension. Perhpas
> >redirect is not the right word. When we registered the name, we set it
> >forward the traffic to the ".com" address. I put the IP address of the
> >".com" site as the address that the ".net" site refers to. Do you
> >think it is ok this way? If I use a redirect, wouldn't I have to get
> >the IP address that was originally assigned to the ".net" hosted? And
> >would this redirect hurt my search engine rankings? I think what I had
> >do was called web forwarding.
>
> Told ya! Peter you might like to tell us the url involved so we can
> test it. It won't do any harm or anything to mention it live on here.
>
> BB
>
> --
>
> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...re-review.htm- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for your replies. Here is the main website, followed by the new
".net" address:

www.sheogaflooring.com
www.sheoga.net

I wonder if I should leave it the way it is, or just set the ".net" to
"under construction".

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Any other comments about the
website would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

Peter

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:53:47 GMT, Big Bill <bill@kruse.co.uk> wrote:

>Yes he does. I think he's using a control panel though so he won't
>have that facility, not obviously anyway.
>
>BB
>--

Thanks for taking over Bill, I was away.
plh
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"peter" <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote wrote:

You are making this way too complicated.

1. Build your site on one URL - from what you've said, the .com is almost
certainly the way to go.
2. Install 301 permanent redirects from ALL the other domains. Period.
3. Also install 301s from domain.com to www.domain.com and from
www.domain.com/index.htm to www.domain.com
4. Go fishing.

The details of the 301 will depend on your servers; best to consult your
host; it may be very, very simple - or may be just simple.

The fish are waiting.
--

Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/
http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

On Sep 26, 1:35 pm, "Andrew Heenan" <andr...@heenan.net> wrote:
> "peter" <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote wrote:
>
> You are making this way too complicated.
>
> 1. Build your site on one URL - from what you've said, the .com is almost
> certainly the way to go.
> 2. Install 301 permanent redirects from ALL the other domains. Period.
> 3. Also install 301s from domain.com towww.domain.comand fromwww.domain.com/index.htmtowww.domain.com
> 4. Go fishing.
>
> The details of the 301 will depend on your servers; best to consult your
> host; it may be very, very simple - or may be just simple.
I guess this is where I am a little confused. Do I need to get a host
for the new ".net" address? Rght now, I only pay for having the ".com"
address hosted.

Thanks,

Peter
>
> The fish are waiting.
> --
>
> Andrewhttp://www.seo2seo.com/http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
> First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

"peter" <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote > I guess this is where I am a little
confused. Do I need to get a host
> for the new ".net" address? Rght now, I only pay for having the ".com"
> address hosted.

It will need hosting - but as it'll be simply redirecting, the expense
should be minimal or nil.

Dreamhost, for example, charges a fee foe a hosting package that is linked
to usage - one site or one thousand. I'm sure most hosts will not rob you in
this kind of hosting.
--

Andrew
http://www.seo2seo.com/
http://www.sick-site-syndrome.com/
First things first - but not necessarily in that order.

The video that makes YouTube worthwhile:
Charlie The Unicorn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5im0Ssyyus

On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
> >basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
> >company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
> >is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >Peter
>
> What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?
>
> BB
> --
>
> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...are-review.htm

Here is a link to the forwarding I used. Please do not think it is
spam. I guess I need to know if this is ok or if I should get my
".net" hosted and do a redirect.

Thanks,

Peter

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:49 -0700, Peter <info@sheogaflooring.com>
wrote:

>On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>> >basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
>> >company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
>> >is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
>> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
>> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>>
>> >Thanks,
>>
>> >Peter
>>
>> What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?
>>
>> BB
>> --
>>
>> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...are-review.htm
>
>Here is a link to the forwarding I used. Please do not think it is
>spam. I guess I need to know if this is ok or if I should get my
>".net" hosted and do a redirect.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Peter

I don't see the link you mention Peter and I have to say, having
thought a little, why do this in the first place? Why not just leave
the shorter domain name parked and not pointing anywhere? It's not
like you need it.

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http://www.kruse.co.uk/seo-software-review.htm

On Sep 27, 4:29 pm, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:49 -0700, Peter <i...@sheogaflooring.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> >On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
> >> >basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
> >> >company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
> >> >is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> >> >Thanks,
>
> >> >Peter
>
> >> What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?
>
> >> BB
> >> --
>
> >>http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...nded-questions....
>
> >Here is a link to the forwarding I used. Please do not think it is
> >spam. I guess I need to know if this is ok or if I should get my
> >".net" hosted and do a redirect.
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >Peter
>
> I don't see the link you mention Peter and I have to say, having
> thought a little, why do this in the first place? Why not just leave
> the shorter domain name parked and not pointing anywhere? It's not
> like you need it.
>
> BB
> --
>
> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...re-review.htm- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sorry, here is the link...

http://www.networksolutions.com/build-it/forwarding.jsp

Would that be your recommendation then, leaving the link parked? Like
I said, I am new to this stuff and not really sure what s and what
hurts in regard to search engines.

Thanks for all your replies,

Peter

On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:18:42 -0700, peter <plaz987@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Sep 27, 4:29 pm, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:49 -0700, Peter <i...@sheogaflooring.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
>> >> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
>> >> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>> >> >basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
>> >> >company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
>> >> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
>> >> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
>> >> >is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
>> >> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
>> >> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>>
>> >> >Thanks,
>>
>> >> >Peter
>>
>> >> What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?
>>
>> >> BB
>> >> --
>>
>> >>http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...nded-questions....
>>
>> >Here is a link to the forwarding I used. Please do not think it is
>> >spam. I guess I need to know if this is ok or if I should get my
>> >".net" hosted and do a redirect.
>>
>> >Thanks,
>>
>> >Peter
>>
>> I don't see the link you mention Peter and I have to say, having
>> thought a little, why do this in the first place? Why not just leave
>> the shorter domain name parked and not pointing anywhere? It's not
>> like you need it.
>>
>> BB
>> --
>>
>> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...re-review.htm- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>Sorry, here is the link...
>
>http://www.networksolutions.com/build-it/forwarding.jsp
>
>Would that be your recommendation then, leaving the link parked? Like
>I said, I am new to this stuff and not really sure what s and what
>hurts in regard to search engines.

Ah. HEY GUYS - it's worth having alook at the forwarding service!
I can see the sense in some of this, I quote here
"Smart - Drive more traffic to your site and increase awareness of
your business by registering misspellings, alternate extensions and
abbreviated/alternate business domain names, and then forward them to
your primary Web site"

the mispellings bit does make sense in a way, um, if people do
regularly mis-type your domain (like no-one can spell my name, Kruse,
so I get letters addressed to all-sorts) then I suppose it could make
sense that way, you register the popular mispellings as domains and
forward them so folk can find you anyway. I think though the only
reason you'd be wanting abbreviations of your business domain name is
to stop the competition getting them and putting stuff on the
associated web-space that might reflect badly on your business. Since
you won't be putting content or anything on these domains it doesn't
matter too much what you do with them, neither the engines nor the
public will ever be likely to know they exist. The one you've got,
that short one you have that forwards, just leave it as is, it won't
hurt.

I think that's all, anyone got any more comments?

BB




>Thanks for all your replies,
>
>Peter
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On Sep 28, 6:34 pm, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:18:42 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Sep 27, 4:29 pm, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:06:49 -0700, Peter <i...@sheogaflooring.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >On Sep 25, 1:53 am, Big Bill <b...@kruse.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >> >> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >> >> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
> >> >> >basically so no one else can use the name. It is a specific, uncommon
> >> >> >company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >> >> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >> >> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website. This
> >> >> >is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >> >> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >> >> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> >> >> >Thanks,
>
> >> >> >Peter
>
> >> >> What kind of forwarding did you use? What kind of redirect?
>
> >> >> BB
> >> >> --
>
> >> >>http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...nded-questions....
>
> >> >Here is a link to the forwarding I used. Please do not think it is
> >> >spam. I guess I need to know if this is ok or if I should get my
> >> >".net" hosted and do a redirect.
>
> >> >Thanks,
>
> >> >Peter
>
> >> I don't see the link you mention Peter and I have to say, having
> >> thought a little, why do this in the first place? Why not just leave
> >> the shorter domain name parked and not pointing anywhere? It's not
> >> like you need it.
>
> >> BB
> >> --
>
> >>http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...stions....Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> >Sorry, here is the link...
>
> >http://www.networksolutions.com/build-it/forwarding.jsp
>
> >Would that be your recommendation then, leaving the link parked? Like
> >I said, I am new to this stuff and not really sure what s and what
> >hurts in regard to search engines.
>
> Ah. HEY GUYS - it's worth having alook at the forwarding service!
> I can see the sense in some of this, I quote here
> "Smart - Drive more traffic to your site and increase awareness of
> your business by registering misspellings, alternate extensions and
> abbreviated/alternate business domain names, and then forward them to
> your primary Web site"
>
> the mispellings bit does make sense in a way, um, if people do
> regularly mis-type your domain (like no-one can spell my name, Kruse,
> so I get letters addressed to all-sorts) then I suppose it could make
> sense that way, you register the popular mispellings as domains and
> forward them so folk can find you anyway. I think though the only
> reason you'd be wanting abbreviations of your business domain name is
> to stop the competition getting them and putting stuff on the
> associated web-space that might reflect badly on your business. Since
> you won't be putting content or anything on these domains it doesn't
> matter too much what you do with them, neither the engines nor the
> public will ever be likely to know they exist. The one you've got,
> that short one you have that forwards, just leave it as is, it won't
> hurt.
>
> I think that's all, anyone got any more comments?
>
> BB
>
> >Thanks for all your replies,
>
> >Peter
>
> --
>
> http://www.fat-odin.com/http://www.k...re-review.htm- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Cool, Bill, thanks a lot!

Peter

Jennifer Magee --
SpecialOperationsDirector
http://www.AmazingBillboards.com

Very interesting you say that because I was thinking that if the
redirect was set up properly then it should redirect directly to .com
and .net shouldn't really be coming up and that wouldn't affect your
search engine optimization. However with .net coming up as .net it
would.

On Sep 24, 8:29 pm, The Gobbling Goblin
<customerservi...@houstoncrafts.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:12:11 -0700, peter <plaz...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter
>
> >I don't know too much about search engines yet, but I thought I read
> >there could be an issue with redirects. My website at work has a
> >".com" extension. Today, we registered the same name with ".net".
>
> What country is your site based ?
> If USA, you may also want to go for the .us extenstion as well.
> Or if in the UK, the .co.uk extension.
>
> >basically so no one else can use the name.
>
> See above.
>
> >It is a specific, uncommon company name. I set it to send the ".net" traffic to the IP where the
> >".com" is. Now when I type in the ".net" address, it displays the
> >".net" address as the URL, but is basically the ".com" website.
>
> You seem to have contradicted yourself here.
> If you have set it to send the net traffic to the .com address, then
> you have made a redirect.
> In which case, when you type .net it should redirect to .com
> But this is not the case - that is how I read your statement - so what
> you have, by the sound of it, is two sites with duplicate content.
>
> What you need to do is set up a 301 redirect to the .com name so when
> anyone types in the .net, it redirects to .com
>
> > This is fine, but I want to make sure that I am not doing anything that I
> >would regret later, such as negatively affecting my search engine
> >rankings. Any thoughts?
>
> See above.
>
> >Thanks,
>
> >Peter
>
> plh
> paul
>
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