title: Using GoDaddy Domain Hosting to link to Amazon S3 Website
body: <p>So I have some domains hosted at <code>GoDaddy.com</code>. I am trying to avoid to pay for a hosting service, except for using a static Amazon S3 page (as I don't expect much traffic at all for these sites). I have had some success, but not sure if this is a poor solution...</p>
  
  <p>What I did for <code>domain.com</code>:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Set up permanent forwarding on GoDaddy to <code>www.domain.com</code></p></li>
  <li><p>Remove all DNS except for the A address to the GoDaddy IP, and a CNAME of www to the Amazon S3 site</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>It works as planned if someone types in <code>www.domain.com</code>. It seems to work alright for <code>domain.com</code>, too. However, it seems to do a 302 redirect instead of 301 even when I tell GoDaddy to have it be a permanent forward. I can ultimately goto Google Webmaster tools and say that I want it to use <code>www.domain.com</code>. However, that seems a little excessive.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions on how to make this solution work better?<br>
  Possibly by changing some of the DNS settings or some other GoDaddy options that I don't know about?</p>