{"id":99331,"date":"2020-12-07T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/what-are-pointer-records-and-why-you-should-set-them-up-for-your-website\/"},"modified":"2020-12-07T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:55:20","slug":"what-are-pointer-records-and-why-you-should-set-them-up-for-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/blog\/en-in\/what-are-pointer-records-and-why-you-should-set-them-up-for-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Pointer Records and Why You Should Set Them Up for Your Website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The internet lets anyone be whoever they want to be. This fact gets exploited by hackers and spammers, which causes problems. 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