Domain forwarding with cloaking/masking

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Domain forwarding with cloaking/masking

asmoman

5:07 pm on Sep 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hi everyone!

I use zoneedit.com which is a dynamic dns service.

It allows me to forward a domain to another ip perserving the domain name.

So, if my domain is abc.com and I forward to cnn.com users will see the content of cnn.com while the url still says abc.com.

Follow me?

How can I accomplish this without using a service such as zoneedit. Is there a way to do this with my host? Thanks everyone!

Quadrille

9:31 pm on Sep 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

Can't see the point. If both sites are yours, it's quicker, safer and easier to use a 301.

If one site is not yours (eg cnn!), then what you propose is asking for trouble. Big trouble

webjive81

10:03 pm on Sep 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

Most hosts will offer masking for free. I would login to your account with your host and there should be some information on masking and what they offer. If that option does not work, then you can do it by hand.

(insert this code on the base file of abc.com under the head tag and above the html tag)
Example:
<frameset frameborder="0" framespacing="0" border="0" rows="100%,*">
<frame name="TOPFRAME" src="http://www.cnn.com/" noresize>
<noframes>
<body>
Click here to enter
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/">http://www.cnn.com</a>
</body>
</noframes>
</frame>
</frameset>

I would take caution when doing this. Cloaking/masking can be unethical if misconstrued, which can lead to consequences. With that said, I highly recommend a 301. Keep in mind that search spiders can recognize a masked site and you could potentially harm your site's visibility.

moishe

10:32 pm on Sep 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

personally I use Cname changes in these cases.

asmoman

11:55 pm on Sep 21, 2006 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the responses guys. I appreciate it!

What is a 301? :-)

moishe

12:35 am on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

A 301 is a permanent redirect settup in your HTACCESS file. When used, all traffic to site A will be redirected to site B in a search engine friendly sort of way but visitors will see site B in the address bar, you are basically telling the world "I have moved site A to site B".

A CNAME change will hide site B, visitors will still see site A in their address bar.

asmoman

12:53 am on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

Can this be done using many of the basic hosting services. ie. ixwebhosting, yahoo hosting, etc.?

Thanks again for the great help.

moishe

3:50 pm on Sep 22, 2006 (gmt 0)

I don't know about specific hosting companies but I have had it done with 3 different hosts, in each case I sent a request to support and they did it.