> I'm just curious, Do you have perchance any
> specifics on exactly how the regristrar does this?

> Seperate Zone or  a CNAME configuration?
> I use Zones and A records. Is using the same zone but
> using CNAMES acceptable?
> I have heard CNAMES should be avoided used that way.
> May play havoc with MX\Email and other issues.

> Thoughts?

> On Sep 6, 12:56 am, webado wrote:

> > You don't even have to do it on yoru server, and not even have to park
> > the domain there. The 301 redirection can be done from the
> > registrar's.

> > On Sep 5, 10:50 pm, dockarl wrote:

> > > As a cPanel user myself, I can concur with Bergy - if you use the
> > > 'permanent' setting in your redirect manager, it will be a 301 - and
> > > it makes life alot easier under your circumstances than playing
> > > with .htaccess.

> > > I actually wrote about this (the practice of buying and parking loads
> > > of domains and why it can be negative for SEO) not so long ago -http://www.utheguru.com/multiple-copies-of-a-website-and-duplicate-co...

> > > doc

> > > On Sep 6, 12:20 pm, Berghausen wrote:

> > > > Welcome to the Group, Nick!  It's always good to see new faces.

> > > > I'm not very familiar with Web Host Manager, which is a part of
> > > > cPanel,
> > > > a popular web host controlling panel.  According to the documentation
> > > > I
> > > > have found, and fellow Googler and cPanel user Wysz, "parking" a
> > > > domain
> > > > in cPanel will return the same pages for two different URLS.  If you
> > > > had
> > > > posted your URLs, I could confirm this for you--but for now, I'll
> > > > rely
> > > > on my best-educated guess. :-)

> > > > If this is indeed the case, then you might encounter some problems.
> > > > In
> > > > almost every case, Google will rank your site independently from
> > > > other
> > > > sites on your nameserver or IP, as we recognize that most webmasters
> > > > have no control over who is placed on their shared IP by their
> > > > hosting
> > > > company.  However, by having two different sites with the exact same
> > > > content, you are likely splitting your incoming links between the
> > > > two,
> > > > which means you're splitting your PageRank between your two domains
> > > > making it harder to rank well with either one.

> > > > To help us (and your other visitors) understand how the two domains
> > > > are related, you can set up a 301-redirect (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3...
> > > > ) pointing from the files on one domain to the same files on your
> > > > preferred domain.  This is what Google itself does from our domainhttp://www.gooogle.com/(3o's) tohttp://www.google.com/.

> > > > cPanel has a Redirect Manager that you can use to this effect, but
> > > > make
> > > > sure that you set your redirects to "Permanent!" (That means 301.)
> > > > If
> > > > your version of cPanel doesn't support wild card matching, you could
> > > > even look into configuring .htaccess files instead.

> > > > Hope that helps!
> > > > -Bergy

> > > > On Sep 5, 1:44 am, NickW wrote:

> > > > > Does a parked domain have any detrimental effect on site ranking?

> > > > > The parked domain has the same nameservers as the main domain,
> > > > > pointing to a shared Linux webserver, and the additional domain was
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