Semi-OT - SEO, Google, and "parked domains"

[Karl Core]

I seem to remember hearing someone say that multiple domains pointing to the
same site is a bad idea and that Google will punish you if you do that.
The question I have is, under what circumstances? Does this include domain
parking and all that? If I have, for example, foo.com and foo.net, will I
get punished for it?

-Karl

 

[Philip Ronan]

I seem to remember hearing someone say that multiple domains pointing to the
same site is a bad idea and that Google will punish you if you do that.
The question I have is, under what circumstances? Does this include domain
parking and all that? If I have, for example, foo.com and foo.net, will I
get punished for it?

I'm sure that won't be a problem.

It seems to me that Google is more concerned about spammy operations such as
the following:

www.translatorfrench.com
www.translatorchinese.com
www.translatorgerman.com
.... etc ...

These sites are all totally useless and appear to have been dumped by
Google. However, they still rank quite highly in Alta Vista and Yahoo. (Who
said Google was broken?)

To be on the safe side, I suggest you restrict your content to just one of
these sites. In the other, use a .htaccess file to redirect everything
automatically.

You'll be fine. Don't worry about it.

 

[Big Bill]

I seem to remember hearing someone say that multiple domains pointing to the
same site is a bad idea and that Google will punish you if you do that.
The question I have is, under what circumstances? Does this include domain
parking and all that? If I have, for example, foo.com and foo.net, will I
get punished for it?

-Karl

Depends really what you mean by "have" in this context. If they're
just parked, ie not used for anything, then that's no problem.
If you put up a site worshipping the once and future Karl on foo.com
and leave foo.net parked, no problem. If you later dulicate the
content on foo.net, then Google will eventually, like when it notices,
ban foo.net from the index.
Thought you knew everything Karl.

BB

www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

 

[Karl Core]

Thought you knew everything Karl.

Now I do! Thanks for clearing that last bit up for me.

-Karl

 

[Big Bill]

Now I do! Thanks for clearing that last bit up for me.

-Karl

Thassok.

BB

www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

 

[Big Bill]

I'm sure that won't be a problem.

It seems to me that Google is more concerned about spammy operations such as
the following:

www.translatorfrench.com
www.translatorchinese.com
www.translatorgerman.com
... etc ...

These sites are all totally useless and appear to have been dumped by
Google. However, they still rank quite highly in Alta Vista and Yahoo. (Who
said Google was broken?)

I did.

To be on the safe side, I suggest you restrict your content to just one of
these sites. In the other, use a .htaccess file to redirect everything
automatically.

You'll be fine. Don't worry about it.

I dunno about that actually. Not being bitchy, just dunno. You saying
301 or 302?

BB
www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

 

[Toby Inkster]

www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

Yay! Take SEO advice from someone who's not in the first 20 results for
"Kruse".

 

[Neal]

Yay! Take SEO advice from someone who's not in the first 20 results for
"Kruse".

Why would he optimise for his name? Who would search for an SEO guy based
on that? If they know the name, they probably don't want to search for
it...

 

[Big Bill]

Yay! Take SEO advice from someone who's not in the first 20 results for
"Kruse".

It's my name, you pratt! Why would I optimise for my own bleedin'
name? You optimise for what you do, not who you are!
Anyway, I'm fifty-something for kruse, I went and had a look. I am 3rd
for optimisation resources though, which ain't too shabby, and of
course remain the one, the only, Big Bill Kruse that the web has
apparently to offer!
Yay me!

BB
www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

 

[Big Bill]

Why would he optimise for his name? Who would search for an SEO guy based
on that? If they know the name, they probably don't want to search for
it...

I'm hurt now.

BB
www.kruse.co.uk
The home of SEO that's shiny!

 

[Toby Inkster]

Why would he optimise for his name? Who would search for an SEO guy based
on that? If they know the name, they probably don't want to search for
it...

You'd be surprised. I often see people Google for company names even when
they *can* remember the URL -- it's just less typing.

 

[William Tasso]

I seem to remember hearing someone say that multiple
domains pointing to the same site is a bad idea and that
Google will punish you if you do that. The question I have
is, under what circumstances? Does this include domain
parking and all that? If I have, for example, foo.com and
foo.net, will I get punished for it?

yep - for the most part I'm in agreement with the folk that
suggest a redirect is a good plan.

does seem like a waste of a perfectly good domain though. There
must be more useful ways to capitalise on the resource - use it
to deliver slightly o/t articles around the same subject
perhaps, with a good cross-link strategy maybe?