Directing to clients website with EMDs

[Howie Crosby]

Hello, I understand the principle behind owning another domain with good keyword searches, creating a landing page then linking to your main website. And the natural type in of the domain name into the address bar, BUT what other methods can I tell my clients the use of directing traffic to their website with EMDs. Thank you.

 

[Biggie]

if i'm reading question correctly, then:

at your registrar> domain management> change settings of the domain to "url redirect or url forward" then include that websites' url, if that's where you want that domain to resolve to

instead of creating a landing page, then linking to destination website


or change nameservers to same as website and their (webmaster) can set-up directory to capture or utilize

 

[Howie Crosby]

Hi Biggie, hope your having (had) a good weekend, sorry for the late reply.

Ah yes, URL forwarding:nod:, I have used this for forwarding domains to auctions and landing pages etc. So for instance if a client used a.com and forwarded to b.com, not only will they have awesome domain names, thus will a.com be visible via google search? what I'm trying to say is, if a user searchers for the keyword 'a' in google search, and find it via organic results, click on the EMD website link which is a.com, then get's directed to b.com, as it's URL forwarded?

Also, I have never heard about the method concerning setting up directories and capturing, is this really hi-tech or something a rookie can learn?

Thanks very much indeed, Howie.

 

[Howie Crosby]

Ahh Biggie, this Nameserver thingy, is it simply, changing the NS. i,e NS1.rhubarb.com NS2.rhubarb.com

 

[Biggie]

Ahh Biggie, this Nameserver thingy, is it simply, changing the NS. i,e NS1.rhubarb.com NS2.rhubarb.com

yep, it's that simple

 

[Howie Crosby]

Cheers Biggie, good times Please read below.

 

[Howie Crosby]

Sorry Biggie, I just need to get this question answered please, if a user searchers for the keyword 'a' which is typed into google, then clicks on the EMD website link which is a.com, which in turn directs to b.com, (as it's URL forwarded?) Would this be the case scenario for domain forwarding in selling clients a domain name with type in traffic, that can be captured to the client's website? Thank you very much, Howie.

 

[Biggie]

Sorry Biggie, I just need to get this question answered please, if a user searchers for the keyword 'a' which is typed into google, then clicks on the EMD website link which is a.com, which in turn directs to b.com, (as it's URL forwarded?) Would this be the case scenario for domain forwarding in selling clients a domain name with type in traffic, that can be captured to the client's website? Thank you very much, Howie.

if... that emd websites' link is "listed" in SE's and someone clicks on it, which is forwarded to b.com, you CANNOT sell the client the name based on type-in traffic, but you can sell based on "actual visitor clicks on the link", prior to redirecting it to that clients website.


if traffic is received from a search engine, then that's not type-in traffic, that's link traffic

type in traffic originates from the address bar in a browser, where a user types in the actual domain name, plus the extension

imo...

 

[draggar]

Wouldn't using the same nameserver for two domains essentially create two identical sites? Wouldn't that hurt your search results for "duplicate content"? IMO the best way to utilize two domains for one site would be to forward one to the other.

You can track forwards from your traffic statistics (Awstats, Webalizer, etc.).

 

[Biggie]

Wouldn't using the same nameserver for two domains essentially create two identical sites? Wouldn't that hurt your search results for "duplicate content"? IMO the best way to utilize two domains for one site would be to forward one to the other.

You can track forwards from your traffic statistics (Awstats, Webalizer, etc.).

everyone who parks, uses the same nameservers for that respective ppc service... yet we all have different domains

as the content would only duplicate, if they both had same files.

but i agree, it's best to forward one name to another

 

[Howie Crosby]

Cheers fellas, that's all cleared up, very much appreciated. Thumbs up