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I was just hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I want to have my website hosted which I want to display as www.mydomain.com I also need mydomain.com and blog.mydomain.com to go to the same IP.

Do I need to create:

  1. 1 x AName record for www.mydomain.com which points at my server static URL

  2. Then create 2 x CName records which both point at www.mydomain.com

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Because if thats the way it's done then I want to set a redirect up on my IIS server to 301 to www.mydomain.com if it sees the URL as mydomain.com.

Does this sound okay?

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  1. You should set three A records poiting to your server IP.
    • *.mydomains.com
    • www.mydomain.com
    • blog.mydomain.com
  2. Then you need to set up your Virtual Host correctly to accept requests for all three domains/subdomains (see e.g. Virtual hosting with IIS (Internet Information Services) or Setting Host Headers in IIS 6.0).
  3. Redirect needed domains to one desired domain using URL Rewrite module and 301 redirect (e.g. both www and blog to mydomain.com) so you don't have "duplicate" content.
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  • What is wrong with using CNAME?
    – Paul
    Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 20:32
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    I wouldn't say wrong, BUT: 1) two DNS queries instead of have to be done, 2) it might get a bit confusing e.g. with MX records (might not work as expected :-)), 3) and most important: Canonical Name is an alias, so if you type alias into the browser (e.g. with WWW) it won't change to non-WWW version, which might not be the best behavior (e.g. for SEO reasons).
    – David Lukac
    Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 20:56
  • How does pointing a domain via a CNAME record affect the SEO?
    – David Lukac
    Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 21:01
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Yes. You may find the Wikipedia article on CNAME informative.

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    Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 6:40
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    Commented Sep 17, 2013 at 9:51

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