Add on domains, Virtual Domains??

htc · 14th August 2008

Hi,

Can someone tell me if there is a difference between add-on domains and virtual domains or are they the same thing?

I am asking because I am looking for a new host and I want to be able to host multiple domains. My previous host allowed me to use add-on domains but I ran into some problems with the search engines because the add-on domains were actually sub-folders of my primary domain and I ended getting a lot of duplicate content problems.

I want to be able to host multiple domains but not as sub-folders of my primary domain. I also want the option of using different ip addresses with each domain. What package should i be looking for?

Thanks in advance

dazmanultra · 14th August 2008

I think in that case you'll probably be looking for a reseller package - where each domain can be setup on its own individual hosting account.

Although I wasn't aware that having www.abc.com hosted at www.xyz.com/abc was an issue - www.xyz.com/abc shouldn't be spidered or linked to anywhere (unless you do so yourself) so how does google find out?

htc · 14th August 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazmanultra

so how does google find out?

Google finds out everything...eventually!

I do have another hosting account which uses the plesk control panel for Linux and as far as I am aware, if I set up an extra domain on this account it will not be located or accessible as a sub folder. I just dont want to use this account as I dont want my 'money' sites on the same server.

Can anyone confirm this?...cheers again

freethought · 14th August 2008

Plesk has the concept of a domain "alias" which means the same pages get served for either domain name but it can't do add-on domains like cPanel with their own sub-domain/folder.

othellotech · 14th August 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by htc

I do have another hosting account which uses the plesk control panel

Plesks method for handling additional domain is by implementing every user as a "mini-reseller" - so to acheive what you want you will either want your choice of ...

# an account with a supplier using plesk, where if you are allowed "multiple domain" you are effectively a reseller

# a reseller account with someone using cpanel so each domain has its own instance of cpanel

# an account with a hsphere based host who can let you use/buy separate space for each domain but managed in the same control panel - the ease of a single account, without the "reseller" requirement/features you dont need

# multiple hosting one per domain - you can then spread them across several servers (host dependant) for some potentially additioanl reliability

M8INTERNET · 14th August 2008

add-on domain :
Using sub-directories to show a website or multiple websites
www.siteA.com
www.siteB.siteA.com
www.siteA.com/siteB

virtual domain :
Supporting multiple domains on one single server

The difference is the first one is structure, the second is architecture

htc · 14th August 2008

Thanks very much for the replies, especially for the virtual domain definition.

I think I may have found a package to suit my needs....the VDS package offered by register1.net which offers 'Extra Virtual Domains'.

If anyone has other suggestions for hosting with this requirement I would appreciate it.

Thanks again for your replies.

FH - Tim · 14th August 2008

Well I think that would work (register1's offering) or any decent cPanel reseller account.

My 2 cents.