Is it possible to dominate the top ten search results for a keyword with your own sites. Does Google have protection against this? For instance, would it not let two sites on the same IP be in the top ten for a search result?
You can get 2 sites in top ten from same url. They could be first page and another subdomain. If you had 10 domain names you could get all 10 spots. If you go after search term no one uses you could get all 10 easy. Google your name now make 10 sites with that for search term if no one else has same name you have the top 10 sites.
Yes, it is certainly possible to dominate several of the top 10 rankings - depending on the competitiveness of your industry/niche and your budget for getting these rankings
Of course its possible.. this is no different then having 10 different sites at the top. They don't know they're all yours. In fact they don't even care if you have the same name on the domain whois. Afterall you can have more then one website.. You don't even really need separate IP addresses. Just don't interlink your sites too much and you'll be fine.
I think their algortihm is devised in a way to provide fairness. If it wasn't you would have an extremely strong site like Wikipedia taking several spots in the top 10 for some keywords. However, in almost all cases they are in the top 10, it is one place.
The key is building completely different sites.. with totally unique content. One site can only take the top one or two spots (unless it hits resource level).
Actually that's the concern. With google recently getting into the Hosting Business it means they have access to WHOIS information all over the place. Apparently they're not doing anything yet but it's been speculated from multiple sources that the end result of this is going to be for Google to be able to see who owns what domain and use that information for ranking and spam/blackhat punishment reasons. Some of the speculation I found: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060508-235246 http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/29890.htm http://www.cshel.com/domains/2006/11/google-cannot-see-past-private-registrations/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/false-whois-data/ (more about why Google cares about WHOIS data generally) http://www.wolf-howl.com/seo/does-google-use-whois-information/ The consensus seems to be that Google only has direct access to domain info from domains registered through them, but that they have other ways to correlate the information they do get from being a registrar. Right now no one has proven one way or another that Google is profiling registrars (or if they are, using that information to influence rankings), but it seems like they could be if they really wanted to.
Easy. Look here for instance: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=4+bedroom+for+rent+-+atlanta&btnG=Search tennant.com is the site in question. Google needs to close this issue.
Their algo prevents sites with duplicate content from being in the top. Even if you have multiple sites they wont all rank well unless they all have great content and links. Dominating the top 10 can take a lot of time and money.
It is very possible, not plausible though in my experience. It's tough enough to get one site on a popular keyword, much less on all 10
Why do you need that? Just have a main site which will be targetted to main keyword and develop smaller sites targetting to 2-3 word keywords and long tails. If you know how to obtian backlink in your niche, i think this is the best way to earn more!