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Jose Morales-Mendizabal
19,175 PointsWill custom Alias domain name show up on google search results?
Since the custom domain name Guil Hernandez uses in this video (webconfs.me) is an alias that "masks" or "hides" the real underlying domain name (webconfs.github.io), what would happen if somebody searches for "webconfs" on Google... would it show the webconfs.me domain as the real address?
I really want to host my personal website on github, but I dont know if there would be SEO concerns to keep in mind.
2 Answers
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse TeacherThe domain shows up on Google like any other domain. Take a look. :)
Guil Hernandez
Treehouse TeacherYou're very welcome. Yep, you can upload the changes in the _site directory to your server. Check out this link to see some of the deployment methods you can use.
Jose Morales-Mendizabal
19,175 Pointsgreat! thanks.
Jose Morales-Mendizabal
19,175 PointsJose Morales-Mendizabal
19,175 PointsAwesome! One other question I had was about NOT hosting a jekyll site on github pages....
How is the workflow different when deploying a new build of the site with new posts to a web server hosted by other provider? Do you just drag and drop the new files via FTP (or some other better method) and does the build process happen automatically?
Thanks for your help Guil!