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Is it possible to set up a website just to have it redirect to an ebay store?

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I want to make a web address simple enough to distribute that will direct people to my ebay store.

Ex. www.laptopsellers.com

Would bring them to my www.ebay.com/laptopsellers page.

How would I go about setting something like this up?

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From an SEO standpoint a redirect is not the best way to go. A domain name that is simply forwarded has no value in terms of search engine ranking. it also cannot pass value along to the forwarded URL. On the other hand, creating a web page with relevant content will enable the URL to get indexed by the search engines. A link from any indexed page will pass along value to the targeted URL and link share is a major factor in determining rankings. Many registrars offer at least a one page site building tool with every registration. Use it to create content and also to pass on link share rather than redirect.
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first buy the domain and then

If you're looking for a way to redirect your visitors to a new page, this JavaScript redirect code may be your answer.

Many times, when designing your web site, you may need to move a page to another location on your web server. However, you must find a way to redirect your visitors to the new page, as if you don't, they will leave your web site and may never return.

In addition, the Search Engines may have already indexed your page. If you don't use a redirect code to send your Search Engine traffic to your new page, again, you may lose these visitors forever.

For these reasons, using a redirect code is of the utmost of importance. Not only will this redirect code enable you to provide your visitors with the information they're looking for, but it will also prevent you from losing your visitors.

Note: When using this JavaScript redirect code, please ensure that you don't use it to trick the Search Engines, as this could get your web site banned. It is always best to learn and use quality tactics to drive traffic to your web site.

Place the following JavaScript redirect code between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags of your HTML code.

This example is setup to redirect to another page in 2 seconds. When a page contains this JavaScript, it will be redirected to another page that you specify in the "window.location=". You can change the number of refresh seconds by changing the "move()',2000 to the number of seconds you'd like.

Example:

1000 = 1 second

3000 = 3 seconds

Place this code between the <head> and </head> tags

<script language="JavaScript">



</script>

Place this code in your <body> tag

<body onload="timer=setTimeout('move()',2000)"...
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Hi,

The simplest thing to do is touch base with your domain registrar.  For instance Network Solutions or GoDaddy have features within your account so you can setup a permanent forwarding of your domain name to a specific address.

This is the simplest way of going about getting this done.

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This is a follow-up response.  I agree with the last comment that you cannot use a Javascript to redirect to another page.  That is a "big bad SEO no-no".  Either setup a 301 redirect on the server or set it up directly with your domain registrar as previously noted.

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Hope this helps.
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