Pointing a Domain Name at my iWeb Pages

Hi All
I am pretty sure I've got the Podcasting thing sussed, apart from the RSS thing which of course good old iweb does for you, my question is this: Can I purchase a domain name of my choosing and then point it at my iWeb pages thereby using the RSS feed that iWeb automatically produces, or is it frowned upon to do such things? My podcasts will be video but nothing dodgy, just car stuff
Thanks
A.L.I

yes, that will work perfectly. if you get a domain, here is how you could "forward" or "point it to" you .mac page:
http://karreth.com/iweb/Domain%20Forwarding.html
max

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