>>Hi
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>>I'm setting up a web site for a customer. I've said he should point the domain he has registered at where I have set up the web site.
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>>He's come back with
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>>"However search engines can't find it easily, even with cloaking. Apparently it's better to have the DNS settings changed to the host."
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>>Is there a problem with having a domain name redirected to some other location ?
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>>Thanks
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>Seems to me that 'pointing the domain he has registered at where I have set up the web site' *is* changing the DNS settings - i.e the web site name is mapped to your IP. If the site is not showing up in search engines then you may need to improve the metatags and also submit a sitemap to the major search engines? - but it seems to me that this process has become a semi-specialized subject in itself. If coming high on the list of URLS from a search engine is really important it may be worth hiring someone who's good at achieving that.
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> If, OTOH, he has an existing website and intends just redirecting a specific page to your site then search engines may not get to your internal content (and if they do it will be via your IP address not the Url)

I think the problem he is referring to is that redirecting using masked redirection stops sites being indexed by search engines.
I think for his type of site trying to get high on search engines is a waste of effort.