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**GonnaLuvIt** · 07-20-2007, 09:30 PM

Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how a CNAME alias effects my SEO linking efforts.

I have a CNAME Alias set up that masks another. The reason for this is that my website is hosted using Marketworks.com CSM. My business was an eBay business that that grew beyond eBay. My domain covers up the long ugly URL ht*tp://www.marketworks.com/storefrontprofiles/default.aspx?sfid=XXXX. So if you go to www.mysite.com it turns into ht*tp://www.MYSITE.com/storefrontprofiles/default.aspx?sfid=XXXX . Removing the www’s redirects to the URL with the www’s.

My problem is this: I’m starting a linking strategy and I’m not sure which URL to promote. When I search the inbound links on Yahoo, the www address shows 1,829 (mostly internal links) and removing the www’s shows 38. These 38 inbound links happen to be better links.

So I’m not sure what to do about this. I feel like I have two domains. Is there a way to merge them while not losing any inbound links, such as this mentioned 301 redirect? What should I do from a SEO perspective? Also, does having a masking URL that redirects to another hurt me?

Thank you.

**ForrestCroce** · 07-20-2007, 09:53 PM

301 redirects won't hurt you, they're perfectly legitimate. They'll carry your links over for you, although this takes some time to sort out. But they send a message back to the client, usually a web browser with a human behind it, that says the content has been moved forever and its new address is whatever; the browser then requests the document from its new url, and the address bar changes. So a person would type example.com into the address bar, and it would change to the long, ugly url. That may or may not be acceptable.

Depending on the hosting, you could take your domain name and point it at your Marketworks account? Not with a frame, but pointing to the nameservers and all that. They would have to allow you to use custom domain names for that to work.

**coolguy27** · 07-21-2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ForrestCroce

301 redirects won't hurt you, they're perfectly legitimate. They'll carry your links over for you, although this takes some time to sort out. But they send a message back to the client, usually a web browser with a human behind it, that says the content has been moved forever and its new address is whatever; the browser then requests the document from its new url, and the address bar changes. So a person would type example.com into the address bar, and it would change to the long, ugly url. That may or may not be acceptable.

Depending on the hosting, you could take your domain name and point it at your Marketworks account? Not with a frame, but pointing to the nameservers and all that. They would have to allow you to use custom domain names for that to work.

I agree 301 redirects won't hurt you but it will help your ranking... It passes PR juice if your previous site has PR...

Example if your site is ranking high then by using this 301 redirect your ranking is stable or in same ranking...