Masking and google engine

Discussion in 'Google' started by mbike, Apr 11, 2008.

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    Hi,

    My site is masked so every time some one visits the original URL it is forwarded to another server and the original URL remains in the address bar.

    So my question is,,, is this set up bad for search engines? It would seem better if the URL was on the landing server.... but are there significant benefits of switching the URL over to landing server?

    hope that made sense..

    Thanks
     
    mbike, Apr 11, 2008 IP
  2. himanuzo

    himanuzo Well-Known Member

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    Why do you want to mask your site? This way is not good for SEO. Google doesn't want to be index any maskings of URLs.
     
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  3. kingofsanda

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    Masking your url is not good for seo purposes you are you doing this to get more traffic to your site?
     
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  4. RankSurge

    RankSurge Banned

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    Is the "mask" using iframes?
     
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    Either way, with or without IFrames, if you read the Google Webmaster Suggestions you will see they clearly said that you shouldnt do it at all.
     
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  6. mbike

    mbike Peon

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    Ok thanks, for the comments, that is what I wanted to know.

    ...the old site was on a different server and domain was on another host, i revamped the new site on my server space. I was hoping it wasn't a big issue just because transfering the domain to my server was a bit of a hassle.

    So I guess I will go through the hassle...

    Thanks
     
    mbike, Apr 11, 2008 IP