two domain names one site

[Corinne]

what is the best way to do this.

 

I have two domain names something like nexxconstruction and nexxpainting I want them both to point to nexxconstruction do I need to us a 301 redirect? What is the best way?

 

And do you have a link to how to do a redirect never done one before there are a bunch out there when I google and just wondering which one is better?

 

Also the nexxpainting has never been used as a website it is just a domain name they wanted.

 

thank you,

 

Corinne

Edited August 31, 2009 by Corinne

[Andrea]

Check with the host - you might be able to point both to the same IP number.

[Corinne]

Thanks Thelma,

 

I was wondering about that, but would that affect the SEO.....could they get penalized for duplicate content?

 

Corinne

[newseed]

If you are just wanting to redirect a domain only (an empty site) to another domain that does have content, then no, it doesn't hurt your seo because you are not showing duplicate content.

 

Example:

 

You have 3 domains:

 

 

domain-one.com

domain-two.com

domain-three.com

 

You want domain-two.com and domain-three.com redirected to domain-one.com.

 

When users type in domain-two.com or domain-three.com, they will be redirected to domain-one.com thus thats what they will see in the url (domain-one.com)

 

What will hurt you if you have 3 domains that have the same content but this is not the case with you. You just have one domain with content with the other two being redirected to the first.

[Corinne]

Thank you:)

[Corinne]

ok....

 

I contacted the hosting company and what they did is park the domain under the main domain. So, if i type in nexx paintingpros(dot)com it goes to nexx generationconst(dot)com but in the url you do see nexxpaintingpros........is this ok or do i want it so that when you type in nexxpaintingpros i should see nexxgenerationconst. I don't want to get in trouble for duplicating content.

 

They did say they can put it as a sub domain and through the htacess file do a redirect.

 

thanks for your help,

 

Corinne

[jlhaslip]

Parking should be fine.

[Corinne]

Thank you:)