4 replies to this topic

[Marty McFly]

ok i have 4 sites that all basically sell the same thing and they are all on the same dedicated server. the original site that has been around a few years longer than the other ones does good in the search engines, but almost nowhere in google. the other sites though barely show up anywhere and they've all been setup the same and have had more than enough time to be crawled and indexed.

so my question is, do the se spiders know that these sites are all on the same server, and if so is there a chance for blacklisting?

[Randy]

Just being on the same server alone should cause no harm.

But if some or all of the content is the same and if the WhoIs information is all the same the engines can definitely pick up on this. In my experience only Google really does something about it. And even then there is no penalty per se. Just that they choose one site and only one site to show higher in the SERPs for a given keyword phrase.

[Jill]

so my question is, do the se spiders know that these sites are all on the same server, and if so is there a chance for blacklisting?

Yes, the engines will have no desire to show all the sites since you own them all and they all sell the same thing. They will see it as you trying to gain an unfair advantage (which it seems like it is).

[pixelpunk]

Hey...just wanted to add my experience.

I have 12 domains, all on the same IP address and each individual site ranks great for their individual key phrases all on their own merit. Each site is unique...the content/theme on each has nothing to do with each other (that may be the major difference from McFly's situation and my own).

All WHOIS info for all 12 of my domains are identical on this IP, so I don't see that as an issue....I see McFly's problem as selling the same type of product/duplicate content issues.

You could:

a.) Put the other sites on unique IPs, with altered/different whois info, and re-write the content on the new site to be totally unique.

or

b.) Scrap all the spammy duplicate sites and concentrate and building one great brand through your best indexed/trafficked URL.

Why dilute PR and traffic among 4 sites when you can have one REALLY great site?

Just my opinion.

p.s. I only referred to them as "spammy duplicate sites" because that is apparently what Google is considering them to be...but I may be wrong, obviously, since I don't know the URL and cannot test it.. Just type site:www.yourspammyduplicatesite.com into Google to see if it shows up. If those sites appear at all for that query...you have not been blacklisted, but you probably have duplicate content issues.

[markov]

If they are mirror sites, then there is a chance that it could be blacklisted.