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On 29/09/2015 22:00, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> I am not a web (or SEO) guy, but I manage our DNS and have for a long time. |
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> The boss has contracted with a web development company to do a full |
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> redesign of our website. |
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> Our website has hundreds of thousands of pages, and years of SEO behind |
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> it. The guys who was her until recently was adamant that we must be very |
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> carefl with the redesign so as not to totally break SEO, and possibly |
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> getting blacklisted by Google. |
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> The web developers are insisting that they need full access to our DNS |
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> (hosted by DNSMadeEasy), and the only reason I can think of for this is |
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> they plan on setting up HTTP redirects (DNSMadeEasy equivalent of a 301 |
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> redirect) for these pages - but hundreds of thousands of them? |
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I've been thinking about this some more. |
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We all assumed "full access" means "so we can change stuff". Maybe it |
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really means they want to see what's in "dig axfr" (a zone transfer) |
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which they normally can't see. There are TXT records in DNS that they |
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might be interested in. |
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It would be wise to clarify with the devs exactly what it is they are |
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looking for. |
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And overall, in your shoes I would be firm, adamant and above all polite |
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and say that infrastructure changes go through you and you alone, and |
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must be vetted by you with full transparency. |
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> Wouldn't this be better done at the web server level? Or am I just ignorant? |
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> Would love to hear experiences (good and bad), and a recommendation for |
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> what I should do. |
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> thanks |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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