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I have been reading about these two concepts. I started reading at GoDaddy and then I decided to do a google search and then read from there...

I will admit - I am confused as hell.

Can somebody explain it for me in simpler terms and then tell me the pros and cons?

Thanks you guys,

Angela

Angela,

If I understand your question, you're asking "why would anyone mask a domain and forward it to another domain?" Is this correct?

The way I use this technique is... well, honestly, after I got www.milagroresearchinstitute.com up and running, i thought of a better name for it... www.instantchange.com. shorter. easier to remember.

so i purchased the instant change domain at godaddy, and then had it forward to milagro research institute's home page. try it... you'll see that your IE address bar still reads "instantchange," although you're actually at the other site...

there are some smooth tricks you can play in affiliate marketing with this... you can embed your cookie and send your client to a main sales page, for example...

i'm sure some of the others on this forum can think of other uses, but that's what i know.

How then would your site get listed in the search engines?

By the way - thanks for answering my question koan.

Angela

whoooosh!

That was the sound of you streaming past my area of expertise at a high rate of speed.

I find the whole subject of SEO boring and irrelevant. Anything everybody else is doing is probably at least inefficient... possibly detrimental... certainly boring.

I'd rather have one qualified, certified gold, double opt-in customer with whom I have a relationship than 1,000 blind "clicks." I probably just don't understand the subject, though.

There are others on this forum who are mysteriously fascinated with SEO, and I"m sure that they'll show up any minute (hint, hint) and explain it to you.

Absolute blind guess: the answer probably has something to do with meta tags.

That's a good question, and I believe Sharon & Roy covered it awhile back, but I cant seem to find it. I'll send them a note on this and see if we can have them shed some light on the subject. I dont use redirects, myself - but would be interested in doing so at some point and would like to know, too!

As for whether or not SEO is worth the time & effort... definitely!

Sharon and Roy,

Thank you so much for the explanation, description and the links to support what you are saying.

Lynn,

This is one post you should hang on to and keep for future reference... a sort of FAQ for this site if you know what I mean. This is one handy dandy thread for folks to be able to refer back to.

Angela