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Stealer
03-20-2007, 03:30 PM
I have made a website for a friend who is using a domain name (for example)..
EquinesElite.com
She would like to also obtain another domain which would be...
EliteEquines.com
Obviously we don't want to make two identical websites. Is there a way for people who "search" for either name, to arrive at the original site?
Could/should I add the EliteEquines to the meta tags of the original site?
Does she even need to obtain the second domain name for people to find her site, if I just add the second name to meta tags?
If not, could someone be so kind as to tell me if it's possible and how I might do this for her please?
Fishnagles
03-20-2007, 04:05 PM
It's definety a great idea to buy the plural version of the name... This is a big mistake that a lot of people make and they loose traffic because of it.... It's even worse when someone else scoops up the name and makes a similar site.... Then things get really confusing....

I'd pick it up and do a 301 redirect to the main site....
If you link to it, it sometimes will get listed in the search engines...

If done correctly, this could be exactly what your looking for......

Remember,
Searchen has a free 301 redirect feature with domain registratrions and a lot of registrars do not offer this and use the evil 302 redirect on forwarding....

More info here:
http://clasione.blogspot.com/2007/02/first-domain-name-forwarding-including.html
bested
03-20-2007, 09:12 PM
And what is this "evil 302" redirect which you speak of? Is it one of those things that redirects to the web host? Oh my god I hate that!
colm17
03-21-2007, 10:42 AM
It's definety a great idea to buy the plural version of the name... This is a big mistake that a lot of people make and they loose traffic because of it.... It's even worse when someone else scoops up the name and makes a similar site.... Then things get really confusing....

I'd pick it up and do a 301 redirect to the main site....
If you link to it, it sometimes will get listed in the search engines...

If done correctly, this could be exactly what your looking for......

Remember,
Searchen has a free 301 redirect feature with domain registratrions and a lot of registrars do not offer this and use the evil 302 redirect on forwarding....

More info here:
http://clasione.blogspot.com/2007/02/first-domain-name-forwarding-including.html

yea thats good advice tbh do that