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by TimMontague 5657 days ago
Is there any benefit to having multiple domain names pointing to the same site? For example, I already have myname.com, is there any advantage to also having myname.me?
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Not really, other than preventing another "My Name" from ranking higher in search results for your name than you. It's a land grab.

In my case, I was able to get a shorter URL ronnieroller.com vs ronnie.me. Makes it easier to say over the phone, twitter, etc.

Make sure you set up the redirects properly. Having multiple URLs that point at the same content could penalize you on search engines for duplicate content (I believe).

Not if you make it a 301 redirect.