Network Solutions Domain Forwarding

Is this a problem?

[yowza]

Hi.

I have multiple domains being forwarded to my main site.

I just did a Header Check and found they are using 302's instead of 301's. Will this cause a problem with the search engines?

Just in case it is a problem I have put in a request for Net Sol to change their redirecting method to 301's.

As a temporary fix, I redirected them to the IP address and then used mod_rewrite to do a 301 from the IP address to the correct domain name.

Do you see any problems with this?

Thanks.

[jdMorgan]

yowza,

> As a temporary fix, I redirected them to the IP address and then used mod_rewrite to do a 301 from the IP address to the correct domain name.

Yes, 302's can be a problem, because the SEs will continue to consider the 302'ed domains to be separate domains, thus robbing you of any link popularity or PageRank they might give you (if anyone links to those domains).

Since I doubt NetSol will change their procedures for you (or only a few of us), yours is the best solution, unless you actually want to host those domains separately (right now). I've done this for years with alternate domain names registered only for "branding retention" purposes, and therefore, I don't consider it to be "temporary".

Jim

[yowza]

Thanks jdMorgan.

I think that's about the fifth question you've answered for me.

Happy New Year!