What is a Web redirect record?

The Web Redirect (WR) record (also known as URL redirect or HTTP forwarding) allows you to redirect the requests for http://yourdomain.com to http://anotherdomain.com. It is a common technique for making a web page available under more than one URL address.

The WR record has the following look

Why do you need a Web redirect record?

Web Redirects are used for various reasons:

• To allow multiple domain names belonging to the same owner to refer to a single website
• To prevent broken links when web pages are moved
• To forward your customers to another domain of yours if your site is temporarily or permanently not reachable
• For URL shortening