: Can I change the cname of my domain to any other domain I want? I own a domain name can i change it's CNAME to make it point to any other domain that I don't own? Example: I own a domain

@Berryessa370

You can't change CNAME for domain, because can CNAME exist only for hosts inside domain
Yes, you can CNAME hostname in your domain to any other hostname from any domain. Sense of such operation is beside the scope of question, but it can exist

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@Gonzalez347

Yes, but it will only work if the remote site is configured to serve the correct content for your hostname.
Therefore, for example, it won't work with shared virtual hosts.

You can try it without changing DNS by editing your HOSTS file.

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@Mendez628

While you could, all it would achieve would be to return the wrong ip address for your site. Browsers would then ask the incorrect ip address to serve a site for your domain name.

How google or yahoo could choose to deal with this might vary. It could be as simple as displaying an error message, or at worse it could blacklist your domain for some reason.

It certainly wouldn't garner any benefit to your site in terms of search engine ranking.

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