Problems here??

[johnmak]

Here is my plan.

I have 9 domain names and intend on building 6 unique websites and 3 websites that will have the same content on as 3 of the unique ones.

The 6 unique websites will all be selling very similar products but for different brands e.g. Ford, Vauxhall, VW etc. There are two reasons for having many domain names 1.) to increase chance of sale. 2.) Better Search engine position.

1 of these websites will have every product listed for Ford,Vauxhall and VW. I intend in putting a one way link from all the other sites to this main one selling every product. This is to boost rankings ( mainly on google)

Are there any problems with this? I have heard that sites can get penalised for having duplicate content and sites having the same IP address.

Please can i have some advice on this?

Thanks.

 

[ChrisHirst]

OK! first point there is no duplicate content penalty as such. What happens is one site will get ranked the rest will get buried and never see light of day in the serps. so that makes 1.) and 2.) pretty pointless. also you can pretty much guarantee, the listed site will not be the one you intended!

to get good rankings in google using a cross linked network of site will need one of two things, either hundreds of pages/sites cross linked or a massive link building campaign for each of these sites. It's hard enough getting plenty of links for one site let alone several all very similar if not identical.
Link farms/cross linking is one easy target for the SEs to remove, Google has just had a huge purge of redirected gateways and the like, Yahoo are currently having a purge of duplicate sites and affiliate sites without unique content. In short what you are considering is going to have a short life. few weeks, maybe a few months tops. Lot of work for a short term boost IMO.



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[xtendscott]

OK! first point there is no duplicate content penalty as such. What happens is one site will get ranked the rest will get buried and never see light of day in the serps. so that makes

I would say that would constitute duplicate content penalty. Usually the higher PR or First found site with the content would remain in the index uneffected.

If you have multiple sites, create "Niche" sites with smaller focus and unique content. Sell some of the same products but have primarily unique content. (focus sale on the niche)

These niche sites can link to primary site that sells all cars,"click here for these cars", interlink a few of the niche sites with each other but not all.

Now Comes the Hard work: Link Campaign all the sites.

As Chris stated, I too don't know multiple sites are a benifit if the extra effort is not taken to promote each as somewhat independant sites. Don't "optimize" them exactly the same, as the different algos Google is using they will have ups and downs and better that one or a few remain higher as others go down.

Good luck in your venture.



xtendscott
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