I have a main site http://qweop.com, and I would like to add an alias to it called http://qwepo.com.
Now if I use a CNAME (currently this is what I'm using) on qwepo which maps www
to qweop.com
, then when i go http://qwepo.com I will be shown the content from http://qweop.com
This is fine, however I want the browser address bar to show qweop.com instead of qwepo.com even if the user types visits http://qwepo.com and not http://qweop.com.
Now I've heard of the 301 moved permanently, but it seems like it's a solution for people who have a new url for their website (which is of course not in my case here).
What other choices do we have other than the 301 redirect and CNAME on DNS ?
Basically the end result is that whenever someone types qwepo.com/foobar it will bring them to qweop.com/foobar AND the address bar will show qweop.com/foobar
PS: is domain forwarding the same thing as a 301 redirect? is masking the same thing as a CNAME on DNS ?