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Client wants to use multiple top-level domain names ... I think it's wrong

Discussion in 'Google' started by MikeonTV, May 10, 2011.

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    I have a client who wants to use multiple TDL's for one site. For example they want to use

    http://mywebsite.com
    http://mywebsite.info
    http://mywebsite.us
    http://mywebsite.asia
    http://mywebsite.eu

    but I'm afraid it will be against Googles indexing policies and they SERP will suffer. I instead reccomended doing something like


    http://mywebsite.com
    http://info.mywebsite.com
    http://us.mywebsite.com
    http://asia.mywebsite.com

    Am I correct in my thinking? If so, why?
     
    MikeonTV, May 10, 2011 IP
  2. EdcNation

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  3. saqib889

    saqib889 Peon

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    Well if you add them as add on domains, for the same directory.

    It will be fine I guess.
     
    saqib889, May 10, 2011 IP
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    denverice Peon

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    definitely your serp will be effected by above action its better if you can create sub domain instead of creating different TLD.
     
    denverice, May 10, 2011 IP
  5. bogs

    bogs Active Member

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    if all domains have same contents then its going to be a problem.. google just going to penalized or worst ban your those sites..
     
    bogs, May 11, 2011 IP
  6. longcall911

    longcall911 Peon

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    Your client should own the other TLDs but should not use them.

    Do not use sub-domains either (as you recommend). Either approach will likely result in duplicate content penalties and the main site may be the one that gets hurt most.

    The answer is don't use duplicate sites. If the purpose is to offer content in alternative languages then use mysite.com/en, mysite.com/fr, mysite.com/sp, mysite.com/ch and so on with a language drop down menu (or similar) at the top of the page.
     
    longcall911, May 11, 2011 IP
  7. msk19994

    msk19994 Well-Known Member

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    as saqib is saying if your client wants to buy those domains then make them as addon domains and redirect them on a single .com domain
     
    msk19994, May 11, 2011 IP
  8. vanessamae

    vanessamae Greenhorn

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    Your client can buy those domains but i think it is better to concentrate on a single extension like .com. This will make it easy for you to optimize. It's difficult to manage all sites.
     
    vanessamae, May 11, 2011 IP
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    i think your client should develop only one domain and do a 301 redirect of others to this main domain
     
    teper, May 11, 2011 IP
  10. MIUsedCarsGuy

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    Yeah, I'd let the client know that that sort of thing will only hurt him. Like others have said, having the same extension for all of them should be okay by Google's policy.
     
    MIUsedCarsGuy, May 11, 2011 IP