We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
properties names individually, however those domain names currently
point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
for example:
Main company: XYZRealty.com
Owned properties: ACondos.com, BCondos.com, CCondos.com
A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
detrimental to their free results ranking?
If using multiple domains that are of the same flavor boosts search
engine rankings I am sure Google will do something about it
eventually. Are these sites just redirecting to the main website?
Check http://www.gooogle.com/ and watch it forward to the correct
domain. If they are writing tons of pages that all link to the main
site I am sure this can be detected algorithmically and lose the
benefits quick... but who knows?
It is often something else that is making a website rank, this is why
"SEOs" have some much luck, they HIT IT until one thing sticks.
Come on now, give us the URL of the main domain, if you don't it looks
like YOU are looking for a way to game google!
> We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> for example:
> Main company: XYZRealty.com
> Owned properties: ACondos.com, BCondos.com, CCondos.com
> A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> detrimental to their free results ranking?
Haha, no problem. We're currently in the process of revamping all of
the code on the site to have it validate and making a lot of other
google optimizations and 508c tweaks. Just giving it a major cleaning
across the board. The code is now about 4 years old and majorly
overdue for an upgrade.
Here is one of the individual property domains for example:
frenchmanscreekapartments.com
and as you can see, it redirects to that property's page within the
parent company's website. There are maybe 20 others that work this
same way.
> If using multiple domains that are of the same flavor boosts search
> engine rankings I am sure Google will do something about it
> eventually. Are these sites just redirecting to the main website?
> Checkhttp://www.gooogle.com/and watch it forward to the correct
> domain. If they are writing tons of pages that all link to the main
> site I am sure this can be detected algorithmically and lose the
> benefits quick... but who knows?
> It is often something else that is making a website rank, this is why
> "SEOs" have some much luck, they HIT IT until one thing sticks.
> Come on now, give us the URL of the main domain, if you don't it looks
> like YOU are looking for a way to game google!
> On May 12, 10:22 am, cb74 wrote:
> > We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> > main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> > properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> > point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> > for example:
> > A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> > redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> > My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> > results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> > big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> > of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> > practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> > main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> > point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> > curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> > detrimental to their free results ranking?
> Haha, no problem. We're currently in the process of revamping all of
> the code on the site to have it validate and making a lot of other
> google optimizations and 508c tweaks. Just giving it a major cleaning
> across the board. The code is now about 4 years old and majorly
> overdue for an upgrade.
> Here is one of the individual property domains for example:
> frenchmanscreekapartments.com
> and as you can see, it redirects to that property's page within the
> parent company's website. There are maybe 20 others that work this
> same way.
> I appreciate the insights!
> On May 12, 9:30 am, Aaron Pratt wrote:
> > If using multiple domains that are of the same flavor boosts search
> > engine rankings I am sure Google will do something about it
> > eventually. Are these sites just redirecting to the main website?
> > Checkhttp://www.gooogle.com/andwatch it forward to the correct
> > domain. If they are writing tons of pages that all link to the main
> > site I am sure this can be detected algorithmically and lose the
> > benefits quick... but who knows?
> > It is often something else that is making a website rank, this is why
> > "SEOs" have some much luck, they HIT IT until one thing sticks.
> > Come on now, give us the URL of the main domain, if you don't it looks
> > like YOU are looking for a way to game google!
> > On May 12, 10:22 am, cb74 wrote:
> > > We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> > > main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> > > properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> > > point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> > > for example:
> > > A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> > > redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> > > My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> > > results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> > > big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> > > of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> > > practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> > > main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> > > point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> > > curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> > > detrimental to their free results ranking?
Ok, thanks. So you're suggesting that we just disable all of those
domain names and let the main site carry the load? At least until
they should decide to develop some unique content for each domain.
> It would benefit Google to not allow that to pass favor, the nerve of
> that domain spammer eh?
> On May 12, 10:35 am, cb74 wrote:
> > Haha, no problem. We're currently in the process of revamping all of
> > the code on the site to have it validate and making a lot of other
> > google optimizations and 508c tweaks. Just giving it a major cleaning
> > across the board. The code is now about 4 years old and majorly
> > overdue for an upgrade.
> > Here is one of the individual property domains for example:
> > frenchmanscreekapartments.com
> > and as you can see, it redirects to that property's page within the
> > parent company's website. There are maybe 20 others that work this
> > same way.
> > I appreciate the insights!
> > On May 12, 9:30 am, Aaron Pratt wrote:
> > > If using multiple domains that are of the same flavor boosts search
> > > engine rankings I am sure Google will do something about it
> > > eventually. Are these sites just redirecting to the main website?
> > > Checkhttp://www.gooogle.com/andwatchit forward to the correct
> > > domain. If they are writing tons of pages that all link to the main
> > > site I am sure this can be detected algorithmically and lose the
> > > benefits quick... but who knows?
> > > It is often something else that is making a website rank, this is why
> > > "SEOs" have some much luck, they HIT IT until one thing sticks.
> > > Come on now, give us the URL of the main domain, if you don't it looks
> > > like YOU are looking for a way to game google!
> > > On May 12, 10:22 am, cb74 wrote:
> > > > We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> > > > main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> > > > properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> > > > point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> > > > for example:
> > > > A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> > > > redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> > > > My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> > > > results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> > > > big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> > > > of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> > > > practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> > > > main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> > > > point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> > > > curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> > > > detrimental to their free results ranking?
> > > > I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts.
I would do what you feel is fair in a search engine trying hard to
develop a level playing field. :)
Disable one of the domains linking to the page that is ranking and see
if it loses rank, if it doesn't drop out of search get rid of all
those domains. Having just one domain that ranks for all kinds of
"like" stuff should be the goal right?
> Ok, thanks. So you're suggesting that we just disable all of those
> domain names and let the main site carry the load? At least until
> they should decide to develop some unique content for each domain.
> On May 12, 9:49 am, Aaron Pratt wrote:
> > Man... what a waste of good domains! Well the page it redirects to
> > still is showing pagerank, that might not be a good sign eh Google?
> > Not a lot of competition for that "phrase" and it does appear to be
> > ranking well, #3.
> > It would benefit Google to not allow that to pass favor, the nerve of
> > that domain spammer eh?
> > On May 12, 10:35 am, cb74 wrote:
> > > Haha, no problem. We're currently in the process of revamping all of
> > > the code on the site to have it validate and making a lot of other
> > > google optimizations and 508c tweaks. Just giving it a major cleaning
> > > across the board. The code is now about 4 years old and majorly
> > > overdue for an upgrade.
> > > Here is one of the individual property domains for example:
> > > frenchmanscreekapartments.com
> > > and as you can see, it redirects to that property's page within the
> > > parent company's website. There are maybe 20 others that work this
> > > same way.
> > > I appreciate the insights!
> > > On May 12, 9:30 am, Aaron Pratt wrote:
> > > > If using multiple domains that are of the same flavor boosts search
> > > > engine rankings I am sure Google will do something about it
> > > > eventually. Are these sites just redirecting to the main website?
> > > > Checkhttp://www.gooogle.com/andwatchitforward to the correct
> > > > domain. If they are writing tons of pages that all link to the main
> > > > site I am sure this can be detected algorithmically and lose the
> > > > benefits quick... but who knows?
> > > > It is often something else that is making a website rank, this is why
> > > > "SEOs" have some much luck, they HIT IT until one thing sticks.
> > > > Come on now, give us the URL of the main domain, if you don't it looks
> > > > like YOU are looking for a way to game google!
> > > > On May 12, 10:22 am, cb74 wrote:
> > > > > We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> > > > > main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> > > > > properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> > > > > point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> > > > > for example:
> > > > > A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> > > > > redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> > > > > My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> > > > > results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> > > > > big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> > > > > of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> > > > > practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> > > > > main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> > > > > point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> > > > > curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> > > > > detrimental to their free results ranking?
> > > > > I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts.
We are doing the same thing. I am interested in hearing the responses
that you received. It would appear that there is nothing deceptive
about having multpile domain names all going to one website. When the
domain names are registered, are you directing them to the same static
IP address?
> We have a client who owns many rental properties, but all under one
> main umbrella. They own domain names for all of their rental
> properties names individually, however those domain names currently
> point to the main website page about that particular property. So,
> for example:
> Main company: XYZRealty.com
> Owned properties: ACondos.com, BCondos.com, CCondos.com
> A,B,C all point to their respective pages within the XYZ site as
> redirects. There are probably 20 of these properties.
> My question. Is this actually hurting their placement in Google free
> results? Is this considered to be tricking Google or is it not that
> big of a deal? They don't want to invest in individual sites for each
> of their properties because its simply not cost effective nor
> practical for them when they can have all of their properties on one
> main site, yet for marketing purposes having unique domain names that
> point people to the one main site is most effective. I was just
> curious to know if having these 20 or so sites pointing there is
> detrimental to their free results ranking?
I don't se there being any real SEO advantage... barring having
topical DomainNames...
It''s simply carving a singel site up into sections (damned cheaper
than multipel accounts, and not really any different than assiging
multiple domain names to subdomains etc.)...
...unless...
...you have all the same content under a main domain that is
accessible as well.
this would lead to duplicate content... not good.
