Subhash's Guide: URL Re-direction
What is URL Re-direction
Setting up a site in a free server? You are likely to have a long URL similar to:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9010/yourpage/
which simply said, is impossible to remember(from the visitor's point of view). So you can sign up for a free service which 'shortens' your URL. You can get some really sexy URL like:
- http://yourname.cjb.net
- http://come.to/yourname
What these URL redirectors do is, simply redirect the visitor to the actual place where the site is hosted.
Disadvantages
- Site access time increases.
- If the redirection server is down, your site will not be accessible, even though the actual server where the site is hosted is up.
Some Popular Re-direction Services
- Sub-domain
- Sub-folder
