Part Time Webmaster Blog

Yes, you can have multiple domain names pointing to your website. The most common question is how do I do it and does it affect my search engine optimization.

How to do it? Feel free to buy any domain names that you want. You can always point them to your site. Keep in mind, you want to focus marketing on one domain name (website address), the same one as your email address. Here are some common reasons to having multiple domain names:

• You want to prevent someone getting free marketing or business from the popularity of your site. The most common technique is to get the same domain name but with different extensions, like .net, .org, etc.
• You want to get versions of your domain name. For example, your site’s name is PartTimeWebmaster.com. You may also want to obtain ptWebmaster.com.
• A domain name you always wanted has finally become available. For example, you always wanted thePartTimeWebmaster.com and it finally became available.
• You want to obtain a domain name that was easy to type. For example, instead of PartTimeWebmaster.com, you may want ptw.com.

So, once you have your domain names what do you do? There are a couple of options as follows:

1. You can forward your domain name to your Web site. So, when people type in the domain name, they are automatically forwarded (sent) to your site.
2. You can also mask your forwarded domain name. For example, if you buy the domain name ptw.com, I can have it forward to parttimewebmaster.com, but when it is forwarded, it will still show ptw.com in the browser address. We recommend forwarding as it places more focus on your primary domain and should help with your search engine marketing efforts. It’s not good to have multiple domain names with the same information.

So, in summary, it’s ok to have multiple domain names, and it’s not that expensive.