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0 pointsmort963y ago0 comments

That doesn't take this into account, no. `curl wixsite.com` returns a "Could not resolve host" error; it doesn't return a response code, so the author would consider it invalid, even though `curl www.wixsite.com` does return a response (a 301 redirect to www.wix.com).

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quickthrower23y ago· 4 in thread

Oh how does that work then? How does the browser get to the redirect when curl doesn't get any response at all? Is this a DNS thing?

Kwpolska3y ago

Browsers sometimes try adding things to URLs to try and make them work. Firefox tends to add https:// if http:// fails, perhaps some browsers are adding www.

quickthrower23y ago

Funny, if true (doing some research...) I'll add this to the warchest for that classic interview question about what happens when you type a url into your browser.

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chrisweekly3y ago

apex domain is different from www cname

quickthrower23y ago

I just don't get how the browser gets a response like this (below), and then figures out what to do next. Sister comment said it might just try the common "www." prefix.

        $ dig wixsite.com

        ; <<>> DiG 9.16.1-Ubuntu <<>> wixsite.com
        ;; global options: +cmd
        ;; Got answer:
        ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65168
        ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

        ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
        ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
        ;; QUESTION SECTION:
        ;wixsite.com.   IN A

        ;; Query time: 3 msec
        ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53)
        ;; WHEN: Sat Jul 16 09:12:42 AEST 2022
        ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 40

        $ nslookup wixsite.com
        Server:  127.0.0.53
        Address: 127.0.0.53#53

        Non-authoritative answer:
        *** Can't find wixsite.com: No answer

Does this mean that the WIX SEO team should really resurrect the record and do a 301, otherwise they are wasting their inbound links?

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