Is it safe to give part of your domain url to redirect to someone else's website
So I have a domain.com
I've been approached by some company in same industry to change dns of "somepart.domain.com" of my domain to redirect to their dns. That will drive them traffic and they will backlink to me there.
Is it safe or did anyone did it?
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 44.8 ms ] threadThat depends upon your definition of "safe".
Note that, for most web users, they will see "somepart.domain.com" as just another part of "domain.com", and so if there is something on "somepart.domain.com" they disagree with (say, adult content), they will blame "domain.com" and complain to you, and/or your registrar, about said content.
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
I've been asked for things like this with my domains before, and usually I've declined. Not for safety reasons, but for coherency reasons. If the redirect is to a site that is both on-topic for my site and the other site is noncommercial and/or by someone I already have a relationship with, I'm more likely to agree to it.
If it's a purely transactional thing where my only interest in doing it would be for some sort of reward (in money, attention, whatever), then I'm not likely to agree because I think it dilutes the value of my domain.
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
What's the incentive for you?
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
I've also seen integration specific domains get used, but ownership of the domain can get complicated, IMHO a subdomain is the right thing to use, but it shouldn't be your primary user-facing domain.
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
It doesn't sound right, and honestly i don't need to tell you that they can change the contents there whenever they want, or start a mail server sending emails on behalf of your subdomain(?)
I mean i can see countless reasons not to.
Not to mention competitors who want to de-rank your domain.
The human nature is bad, "homo hominis lupus" said a guy....
I think I need to give more context here.
So I own resume builder - resumefromspace.com
The guy approaches me and says he has some job postings. He uses some kind of aggregator to get those.
He displays them on big website (FAANG type). Let's say I type in "React engineer" in Bing search and they have employment TAB, where they show his job postings.
When user clicks on that posting he is redirected to jobs.resumefromspace.com/jobId=123 where they will see:
- Header logo - that would be my logo with option to create resume - Job listing - where they would see job listing - Apply button - button to apply
Why I like it. - I think job search is relevant to my site (resume builder) - I will have additional traffic (like 5k visitors - if they need resume built)
Why I don't like it - Google may rank be down (for some reason ???). I have a good amount of organic traffic & I really like my small project.
Thanks, Dan
If you have the slightest doubt (the use of aggregators to get job postings sure sounds iffy to me) you're probably better off continuing your existing trajectory.
I like your site's premise btw; I've long thought the route to knock LinkedIn off their perch was via resumé curation as a first step.
Incidentally your cut&paste reply to every response here looks a bit spammy. Not really necessary IMO.