hi if i have say 5 domains and are not developing separate sites. whats the best way to point them to one site and not look like duplicate content but still conform to good seo? i have 4 domains at go daddy and a vps
Well you shouldn't put the same content on 5 domains. That would be considered to be a duplicate content and could cause Google penalty. I would suggest you to write unique content for all domains or split the content between domains (in case they are related) and then you can link between them. But it's always better to develop a quality website on one domain than to have 5 websites online but with the same content.
Pul all of the content on one single domain and then 301 redirect the other domains to the content site.
301 redirect sounds like a plan i guess as i want the traffic from them all into one place for now as its wasted just being parked as the domains are the same niche. is 301 a simple operation?
Yes, just use your .htaccess file and use the following syntax... Redirect 301 / http://www.newsite.com/ Code (markup):