Please clarify what this means?

[Dave Zan]

I think an example will best explain this.

URL Forwarding:

1. User types your domain name on their browser.

2. URL forwarding redirects the domain name to another web address.

3. User sees actual web address on their browser instead of the domain name.

Masked URL Forwarding:

1. User types your domain name on their browser.

2. URL forwarding redirects the domain name to another web address.

3. User sees domain name on their browser instead of the actual web address.

Network Solutions offers both plain and masked URL forwarding, for example.