> 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.

> >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Frenchman%27s+Creek+apartments&b...

> > 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:

> > > > > 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'll look forward to hearing your thoughts.