Just bought the ,com domain for my .net domain

Aliasing .com into .net Am I in trouble?

[larryhatch]

Hi: I've had www.mysite.net up for years.

When www.mysite.COM finally became available, I registered that domain also.
www.mysite.com will have no content for months, so I aliased it to the original .net site at my host.

My question is simple:

Might I get penalized for duplicate content when Google etc. discover the same content on two domains?

Both domains are hosted at the same host, same DNS numbers, same everything.
Original .net has all the content; new-to-me .com simply aliases into .net with no content.
Original owner of my new .com ran a small, clean but neglected site.

Yahoo still finds 1 or 2 links into .com.

Very important to me, please advise. -Larry

[Webwork]

If your site is ranking I'd consider a permanent redirect from the .com to the .net.

Listen to the archive of WebmasterRadio from today (live from the WebmasterWorld PubCon) as there was an interesting discussion with Bruce Clay about the use of redirects.

[edited by: Webwork at 5:17 am (utc) on Nov. 17, 2005]

[larryhatch]

Thanks Webwork:

The problem with a permanent redirect or anything like that is that I would be forced to
pay my host for TWO domains. I can 'alias' .com to .net for free.

Does anyone have experience with an aliased 2nd site causing duplication issues?

Actually, there would be no real duplication. Only one site, the original one has any content.
Both sites are registered at the same registrar, both hosted at the same host.
My name address etc are all out in the open and the same for both, i.e. no sneaky stuff.

I wonder if I should ask Google and/or Yahoo. If so, I don't know the proper email address. -Larry

[call4ei]

I tend to use re-direct until I have content for that domain. I also have several domains that all point to one, I don't think it is a problem. And, the domain name price is not that high.

J

[larryhatch]

Hi J: Domain name price was never the issue.
I am avoiding paying for HOSTING of a second domain by redirecting mysite.com to mysite.net

www.mysite.net has been up for years, lots of content, good ratings (SERPs).
I grabbed www.mysite.com when it came available. ZERO content, I just aliased it over at same host.

Question again is: Will this affect ratings for original www.mysite.net,
or possibly be mistaken for duplicate content?

Google has already been by in access logs, checking on the long gone mysite.com.
It obviously found the alias to mysite.com. No damage seen yet. -Larry