What are domain pointers?

What are domain pointers?

A domain pointer is an additional domain name that points to the root of your site. So, for example, if you own domain.net and want it to point to your domain.com site, you can add domain.net as a domain pointer and anyone entering domain.net in a browser will see the domain.com website.

What is domain pointer DirectAdmin?

Domain Pointer is nothing but an alias and domain parking in DirectAdmin, through which you can set up the same document root for two domains or more domain names.

Can you have two domains pointing to the same website?

Pointing two URLs to the same website is a good way to direct traffic to your site from several different domain names. You can accomplish this in two ways: either redirect one of the URLs to your primary domain, or create an alias for one of the URLs. The alias would point that domain towards your primary domain.

How do I redirect a domain with DNS?

How to Redirect a Domain Using DNS Records (URL Redirect)

1. Create the first URL Redirect record with the domain name you are directing to: Host Name.
2. Click ‘Save Changes’ to save the record.
3. Next create the second URL Redirect with the domain name you are directing to: Host Name.
4. Click ‘Save Changes’ to save the record.

Does domain forwarding affect SEO?

Having multiple domain names with the same content all listed on a search engine will be detrimental to your site and SEO strategy. Domain forwarding can result in a lowered page rank as well as less traffic that is driven to your page via high search engine rankings.

Is forwarding the same as redirect?

If you use redirect, your email will be redirected to another email address specified by a user created inbox rule. If you use forward, your email will be forwarded to another email address, but you will not be able to reply to the original sender.

Can one domain point to many IPS?

Yes. Many of the popular domain names use more than one IP address. Of course, there are other domains that do only use a single IP address. But DNS can definitely hold more than one IP address for a single domain name.

How do I redirect my visitors to a specific URL?

Any incoming traffic to this domain will redirect to the designated URL. The URL in your visitor’s address bar will change from your domain to the appointed URL. In the Pointers & Subdomain page, select the Pointer Type as URL Standard and place the full URL of the website you would like your visitors to be redirected to. Make sure to hit Save.

How do I redirect my Website to another website?

Go to the Pointers & Subdomain page, select the Pointer Type as URL Stealth and place the full URL of the website you would like your visitors to be redirected. Make sure to hit Save. Park – This setting points your domain to a generic ‘parked’ page.

What are domain pointers and how do I use them?

Domain pointers allow you to forward other domains to your main web site. Make sure to change the records of these domains to the same name servers as your main web site (this is done through the domain registrar). Let’s say we also own the domain hite-selper.com.

Why can’t I add a domain pointer to another domain?

That is because the two a totally different things. Domain pointer “points” one domain to the same root folder of another domain hosted on the same machine. So yes you would have to add the pointed domain.