I hear stories all the time of web companies who tell their clients to forward their domain name to another web address. While there is always a purpose in using multiple domain names (.com and .org for example) for the same website, web developers should know that IT IS BAD FOR SEARCH ENGINE RANKINGS. 

I am not a web developer… and I know that it is bad for rankings! So it surprises me every time I hear of web companies who do this. 

Yesterday I heard of a web designer who charges his clients $5/month to forward domain names… Did I miss something here?!?! Or is that as unethical as I think it is? 

NOTICE TO WEBSITE OWNERS: If you don’t know anything about how the web works, make sure to get more than one opinion when going with a web designer. 

Here are 10 questions to ask your Website Designer

Sometimes Web Designers are Like Car Mechanics

The problem is that most people are not MEANT to be experts in web design and social media. But because there are so many people who call themselves “experts” in web design, the people who need there services are often taken advantage of and given bad advice. 

But to get off my soap box and get back to the real topic…

Read this blog article and get more info about why domain forwarding is bad.