Domain forwarding - will this work?

and satisfy spiders at the same time

[fom2001uk]

I've been looking for a host that will do a redirect on a couple of domains (301s I thought) and I've got this reply from one of them about "forwarding".

"In order to properly forward a domain name you only have to have the domain registered with us and set to our 'parked' nameservers. You then only need to choose which URL your domain is resolving to, set it up and wait 48 hours for the propagation period. There's really nothing more to it than that. Once you have it set up, when typed into the address field the domain will always resolve to the URL that you have specified"

My question is, is this a 301 redirect, and if not, will it not work in terms of the spiders?

[bakedjake]

No way to tell from that response. Suggest you call them and ask them.

What you want is a 301 redirect.