Subdomain Redirection Service - How Please ?

[TSSR]

Hi,

Just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction for the necessary code for offering a redirection service based on subdomains.

i.e.

Redirecting yourchoiceofname.mydomain.com to a specified URL

TIA

T.S.S.R.

[regier]

I use the script at http://www.go2cgi.com for my forwarding site. I'm not sure of the quality of the latest version though. I am still currently listed as technical support for them, but I don't have much to do with them since they released the latest version. Things got a bit crazy around there. It should have settled down by now though.

[singloon]

Originally posted by regier:
I use the script at http://www.go2cgi.com for my forwarding site. I'm not sure of the quality of the latest version though. I am still currently listed as technical support for them, but I don't have much to do with them since they released the latest version. Things got a bit crazy around there. It should have settled down by now though. reiger... does the script you use use alot of server resources ? i have been looking at their scripts for a while now.



------------------
Australian Neon Genesis Evangelion (http://www.eva2000.com/?geek)
film - writers - reviewers - reporters - designers (http://infilmbox.com/?geek)
FanBuy.com indevelopment (http://fanbuy.com/main.shtml?geek)

[regier]

To tell you the truth, I'm not sure. I still have that site at a virtual host. I haven't gotten around to moving it to my own servers yet. It is a very simple script though, so it shouldn't take up much resources.

[Czar]

For those of you who have a service like this up-and-running, how do you generate revenue?

It seems that most ad agencies (especially those based on the CPM model) do not allow their members to use pop-up ads or ads placed on pages with third-party authors.

I ask because I'm also interested in launching a service such as this, but need to know whether or not I can expect to recoup my costs.

------------------
Czar
Net-Ads: Get More Hits. Make More Money.
www.net-ads.com (http://www.net-ads.com)

[regier]

To tell you the whole truth, I wouldn't personally launch a site like this in the current market conditions. I deal with it now since I have to, but I would be better off not running it.

[singloon]

for me my service ain't for the direct revenue.. it's for domain and site(s) awareness - i want more targetted traffic to my other sites by offering such a service..

i am just not sure of how much server cpu/memory and bandwidth such a service would use.. i'd expect at least 3,000 - 5,000 sites eventually using the service.

------------------
Australian Neon Genesis Evangelion (http://www.eva2000.com/?geek)
film - writers - reviewers - reporters - designers (http://infilmbox.com/?geek)
FanBuy.com indevelopment (http://fanbuy.com/main.shtml?geek)

[TSSR]

Hi,

I too would be interested to know if offering this type of redirection service is a resource hog or not.

I think I could could write a Perl script myself if I could see an example of a really basic script.

I guess something with HTTP_REFERRER and REQUEST_URI is going on...

Does the redirection script get called for every page view from the redirected site - in which case I can see how resource/CPU time might be a problem...

T.S.S.R.