Linking several domain names to one hosting package.
Hi guys,
Up until now I have tried two ways of setting up my websites.
(a) A domain name pointing to free webspace of my current broadband provider
and
(b) A domain name and hosting package all in one.
However, I am wondering if there are any disadvantages or problems with buying say 3 or 4 domain names from one company and a hosting account from another company and then linking the names to that hosting account.
The reason I ask is that when I use domain forwarding to free webspace, the search engines either ignore the domain name and list it in their directory with the ugly URL of the actual webspace or they do not see the content of the actual pages on the website and instead just show the forwarding details in the source (no chance of any S.E.O then).
Usually, I do not use up anywhere close to the full webspace I buy and would hope that one hosting account would do me for another few projects I have in the pipeline. I would of course want to be able to achieve proper SEO results from them though.
Thanks in advance.
timjpriebe posted this at 18:43 — 9th November 2005.
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I have a couple of websites set up like this, if I understand what you're talking about. I have getasiteonline.com and tandswebdesign.com set up on the same actual hosting package, but you could never tell, as far as I can see.
Tim
http://www.tandswebdesign.com
Telemicus posted this at 19:23 — 9th November 2005.
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Thanks Tim,
I had a look at the source code on both of your sites once they load up and they look OK. One has PR4 also so no SEO problems there. Question answered I believe.
Off now to purchase a few domain names.
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demonhale posted this at 01:58 — 10th November 2005.
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But Tim your domain provider is the same as your hosting providers for both those names, correct me if im wrong...
timjpriebe posted this at 13:03 — 10th November 2005.
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That's technically not true. My hosting provider resells domains, but they are not an actual domain provider. So my domain provider is Go Daddy, and my hosting provider is Insomnia Interactive.
Tim
http://www.tandswebdesign.com
DC_Sara posted this at 12:30 — 11th November 2005.
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I buy all my domains from 000domains.com and host them all under one package from Host Affection. It's how I've always done it.
Telemicus posted this at 18:53 — 11th November 2005.
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OK. I took the plunge and bought a web address at 123.co.uk and a hosting account at xsitereg.com.
When I open the hosting account I get taken to https://hostingmanager.secureserver.net/
and via the control panel I can see that my server address is:
64.202.xxx.yyy (I taken out some of the IP address just in case there are any issues with posting this).
I can ftp to this address Ok and upload files. What I am not sure of though is how to forward my domain name to this address?
If I forward just to http://64.202.xxx.yyy then I get a message saying I have not uploaded the files properly.
Any help would be much appreciated as I cannot find anything about this on the hosting site support.
Cheers,
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Greg K posted this at 19:23 — 11th November 2005.
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I have hosting at pairNetworks, and have domains from 4 different domain name providers pointing to the same accounts. On Pair's end they set up a directory on my account to be the root and give me a dedicated IP address and which of their nameservers to use. I then change my domains to use those name servers and no problems. Actually it is easier for the domains I have hosted at pairNIC.
-Greg
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