Any advantage or disadvantage with domain 301 from registrar vs server

[MrSavage]

I've said this before, but everyone here is incredibly helpful. If I would trust any opinion out there in cyberspace, I would trust what is said here.

I'm in a situation where I have 100 or so domains that I need to 301 redirect. For example, having .com, .net, etc of the same domain which need to be directed to the main site.

My question is, what's better. Should I do the 301 redirect from the registrar itself, or is it better to do the 301 redirect from my host? I have been researching this without much luck. It's quite a substantial move, so I would prefer to get this right the first time.

Any help greatly appreciated.

[D_Blackwell]

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It depends upon your registrar, and if they will truly provide a 301. You need to be darn sure. If so, then you've got an easy time of it. If not, then you will have to consider your options.

In the first link, the choice I made was to set up the domains that were most important with my host and redirect them with 301s in an .htaccess file. They are not developed at all. Someday I might want to develop a couple of these sites as domains with unique content. That day is a ways off at a minimum. (Don't know what the consequences will be if that time comes and the 301 becomes a 'new' developed site.) Robert Charlton made a very interesting suggestion that might be a lot better choice for you. mod_rewrite is something that I have to be really careful with, so not an immediate option ot implement. I would need to see a complete, live sample of the technique before utilizing. This is something that I would like to come back to, because I have a quite a number of domains just parked with the registrar that I would prefer to 301. My choice works fine for a few domains (a hassle for bunches of them), but his suggestion sounds a lot smarter for establishing solid 301s for a lot of domains.

I would be very interested in the full setup and technique of the solution that you wind up using.

[MrSavage]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the links and reply. I guess I did a poor just searching out solutions! I will absolutely post back here on which way I go on this. I think in a lot of ways we are experiencing or have experienced the same crossroads.

I have enough addons at my current host, that I could move then all there, and then .hta 301 from there. I did read somewhere, darn I can't recall where, but somebody was mentioning what a mistake it was for them to 301 from their host instead of their registrar. They were suggesting the registrar was the option they should have chosen in the first place. A privacy or pigeon hole issue from a search engine?

I'm a geek, but I treat this 301 domain situation like brain surgery. I don't want to make mistakes, and rushing it could end up in regrets. On a side note, I'm still really trying to establish whether a new domain, when 301 to a main site, will give a keyword boost to that landing domain. I know it may be a bit crazy to think that way. A silly keyword anchor text on some random site will boost your site ranking, so why can't a domain (with the exact same words in domain) provide some extra value/rankings? It's wishful thinking I'm sure. I'm still not convinced though that they is no value transferred via the 301. I'm experimenting currently.