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Domain masking is the act by which the real domain name behind a web page or website is hidden from the location bar of a user's web browser, in favor of another name. This is commonly accomplished through the use of iframes or URL rewriting.

Domain masking is the act by which the real domain name behind a web page or website is hidden from the location bar of a user's web browser, in favor of another name. This is commonly accomplished through the use of iframes or URL rewriting.

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Is it possible to use domain forwarding with masking without the use of iframe?

I never noticed this before, but one of my sites has domain forwarding with masking enabled, which is adding an iframe to wrap the site. This is bad for SEO and bad for responsive design. Is it possible to forward the domain with masking without…
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What is domain "masking" or "cloaking"? Why should it be avoided for a new web site?

What exactly is the domain name "masking" or "cloaking" offered by some hosting companies, (as opposed to redirection), and what are the various reasons it should be avoided when setting up a new web site "on the cheap"?
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Masking a redirection in IIS7

My tools: IIS7 1 x Windows 2008 Server IIS URL Rewrite Module 2 (installed) My requirement: Mask the redirection of www.bob.com to www.abc.com/bob/index.html - the end user should not see the www.abc.com The user should then be able to browse the…
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How to transfer link authority but keep url?

I have this old site (let's call it oldsite.com), with excellent branding and authority, that I however want to gradually move to a new domain (newsite.com), better suited for a future concept. Classic redirects won't do, because I want to still use…
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How can I use domain masking without having self referral in Google Analytics

I have one old domain that points to a website's server's ip (let's call it www.oldsite.com). I have a new one, www.newsite.com, that is set up to be forwarded to a specific page on the website. Due to the way the host of newsite.com places the…
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How can I use .htaccess to rewrite different domains to different sub-directories, masking the sub-directory?

I have a shared hosting plan that allows unlimited addon domains, but they can only point to the public root (/). I use .htaccess to point different domains to their corresponding sub-directories. For example, site1.com points to sub-directory…
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URL masking with .htaccess

I need a hardcore programmer to help me with URL masking. So this is my situation. My website www.michaelfotograf.dk/blog/ is the main site that needs to be configured. I have another website/webhotel called www.umagepar.dk www.umagepar.dk is…
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How to mask redirect with Google Domains

For some reason, Google Domains does not have a mask feature. Is it possible to do this using custom resource records or synthetic records?
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Redirecting domain to subfolder, one hosting account, avoid redirect loop. masking?

I have two domains (here are the actual domain names for simplicity): snapstarr.com fuselog.net I have one hosting account with GoDaddy, for the two domains. the primary domain is snapstarr.com. I have some subfolders on…
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Bluehost - Forward Subdomain with masking

I forwarded a Bluehost subdomain to my home server's IP address. When I enter the subdomain in my browser's address bar, it redirects fine, but it shows the numerical IP address and not the subdomain name. I forwarded a domain in Godaddy this…
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Does URL masking effect SEO?

Does "URL masking" effect SEO? For example: masking "www.domain.com/p/page.html" to subdomain.domain.com *Means everyone who visits "subdomain.domain.com", see "www.domain.com/p/page.html" page, but the top address bar shows…
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Is a masked url re-direct hurting our rankings

I would like to know if a domain which we purchased and is re-directed to our main site is hurting seo. The forwarded url is being masked (and there is no way to turn this off). So say our main site is www.badges-and-buttons.com we then purchased…
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Subdomain Masking, redirection already provided

I'm using a server which allows me to create and redirect subdomains. However, it is reflected on the address URL bar. What I want is to keep subdomain.domain.com as base URL for the subdirectories inside domain.com/subdirectory/ Searching on the…
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Can a use a masked redirect from an alternate domain using the HTTPS of the main domain?

I have a domain redirected toward a server where my site is hosted secured with an SSL. So, if I enter https://site.example I get from my hosting server a page with the nice little padlock, the page is secure. Now I have redirected (masked) my…
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How can I mask an AWS site with a domain registered with godaddy?

Basically this is a dumb situation where a company creates a cookie-cutter website (I do that for them) for one of their clients. This particular client has their own domain registered on godaddy that they want to display instead of the company's…
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