The question applies to only Google Sites New (version) as it currently doesn't support web URL mapping. More info here under section Web address mapping :
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7198710?hl=en&ref_topic=6399171
So I made my site publicly available and can access it via the sites URL. I then did a 302 URL forwarding in my domain DNS so if I type in the domain.com it gets redirected to sites URL -- All good so far.
My question is how come some users are managed to have their URL showing up in Google results. Example Query in Google :
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&q=Made+with+the+new+Google+Sites%2C+an+effortless+way+to+create+beautiful+sites.
you will see some sites for example
These sites - ArchSci2020 and Mr. Arnote's new google Site have their URL displayed and Title doesn't contain the word Google Sites. Example if you try the following query where I am looking for the footer phrase
https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&q=%22Made+with+the+new+Google+Sites%2C+an+effortless+way+to+create+beautiful+sites%22
I am using Google Domains and it only allow URL forwarding -- what are they doing differently?
Thanks.
I think they are indexed by Google with their real domain name because they use iframes or invisibles redirects configured in their registrar panels like Namecheap (for mrarnote.com for example).
According to Namecheap support:
Recently, Google has released a NEW version of Google Sites (it can be accessed through https://sites.google.com/new), however, it has no option to use a custom domain with it. If you still would like to use this version of sites with your domain, you may set up the connection via URL forwarding (more detailed instruction on how to set up the URL forwarding can be found in this article)
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I need to redirect several URLs to a new site that will have pages that replace the old sites. I don't care if the URL is masked or not. I just need the URL's to go to the new pages on the new combined site.
For example:
Oldsite.com redirects to NewSite.com/Sub/NewPage
Oldsite2.com redirects to NewSite.com/Sub/NewPage2
Oldsite3.com redirects to NewSite.com/Sub/NewPage3
and so on.
I've tried domain forwarding on the DNS level, but that isn't working (likely because of the subdirectories).
Problem is the New site was developed in Webflow and I don't have access to implement custom code for redirects.
My thought is to host a separate site to act as a hub that handles all the custom redirects to the New webflow site.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Your scenario here isn't entirely clear on the types of redirections you're attempting to do.
If you're trying to redirect all paths from the old site to a specific destination page, like this...
oldsite.com/* ➜ newsite.com/sub/newpage
...many modern DNS providers support that.
If yours does not, you can switch your nameservers to Cloudflare DNS free edition, and you'll have the ability to define up to 3 page rules that support wildcard redirections like this.
(Please don't bash me for not understanding. This is why I am asking.)
I am setting up a subdomain on 1and1 to place my images into it. I noticed that there are 3 option for "Hosting Type" listed:
Website Hosting, Forwarding, No Website Hosting
I am selecting to use Website Hosting because I am still hosting the images correct?
Forwarding:
I looked further into this and could find answers in the documentation about 301 and 302 redirects in order to keep your indexing. There was another reason given for "frame forwarding" where users are redirected to another site, and the address bar of their browsers continues to show the source URL.
Are there other applications than this?
No Website Hosting:
You can switch off web service and use only email services under that domain.
So This could be used to set up a mail server correct? Are there any other applications?
I have a domain with Namecheap that I would like to point to my IBM Bluemix app. I have tried masked redirection: this just places the Bluemix app in an iframe. The issue with that is that when the user clicks a link in the app, the URL in the bar doesn't change (only the iframe path changes). Additionally, if I use unmasked redirection, then the URL simply changes to the Bluemix URL (appname.mybluemix.net). What can I do? Is it possible to point my domain to Bluemix's name-servers? How can I get my app to behave like it resides at the domain (No iframe, and no URL change). Is this even possible with Bluemix?
Thank you,
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You can't it with Namecheap (Url cloacking) and URL Frame is bad for SEO.
You can use a custom domain for your Bluemix Application. The documentation is here: https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/manageapps/updatingapps.html and here: https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/manageapps/securingapps.html
We've got 2 web site on our IIS (otokepenk.net and asansor.co). They are same mentality. And each web site has got different IP binding. We're using Godaddy DNS for all these sites. Actually, our problem is that google use indexs of the other site for the other one! I meant:
when you type site:otokepenk.net you will see some pages who aren't in otokepenk.net but in asansor.co with:
http://www.otokepenk.net/asansor-standartlari.aspx => actualy is a page on asansor(http://asansor.co/asansor-standartlari.aspx), but google indexed it with this domanin.
There is one more interesting thing; when I see the cache of this index, I saw link as asansor.co/asansor-standartlari.aspx !!
Thanks
I have a site that when i search in google (ifiwereyou.co.uk) it takes me to a 123reg holding page. (it works fine in most other search engines)
This is beacause google is showing the url as
http://ifiwereyou.co.uk
rather than
http://www.ifiwereyou.co.uk
Is this being caused by a missing dns entry or is there a way i can sort this ASAP?
Many Thanks
Sp
I think it's your domain hosting service serving Parking Page. In the DNS settings you need to add a CNAME www.ifiwereyou.co.uk for ifiwereyou.co.uk.