I'm in a situation where I need to deal with an overload of similar domain names. I'm really struggling with this question! If a domain name ranks in another search engine, but you won't be able to use it in Google because of their "standards", isn't the best option to remove that domain from Google and block the Google bot from indexing? I know it's common advice to 301 domains to deal with duplicate content/domain type issue with Google. Why is it better to give up traffic via a 301 rather than just remove it completely from being on Google. Aren't you accommodating their wishes by removing your url which does the same thing as the 301? If you are taking your domain away from "cluttering" or repeating the same content (in their view) isn't that end of story? If a person wants to keep their domain having some value in another search engine isn't that simply smarter? I may be missing something here. Are there risks for removing a url from Google? Will that domain be tarnished if you ever come back to Google and remove the Googlebot no index? Will it be treated as a second class citizen? I just can't grasp how a 301 is smart when it comes to a domain. I'm all ears. Thanks!
No if your prevoius page has a good rank in google already then it may not be a good idea to remove it from google. 301 is better option so as you will get traffic from both ways..
Thanks. I should explain more detail. I'm speaking about a domain that is new, hasn't accumulated page rank or much else for that matter. I'm just asking in another way, does anyone ever remove their domains from Google? Killing off a domain for the sake of killing off a domain simply confuses me. I'm sure some of my domains will exist just fine on another search engine, but may not meet the Google "standards". I'm being told to 301, but what's wrong with option b, which is a remove url aka removing yourself from Google INTENTIONALLY.
I think what you're saying is that you have a bunch of domains, one of them does well in Yahoo/Bing, but is penalized by Google, and the content of the penalized domain is similar to your other sites. In this case, yes, you should remove the domain from Google using Google Webmaster Tools to lessen the impact of a duplicate penalty issue with your other domains, and a 301 would be a bad mistake.
Thank you so much monosodium! You pretty much figured out my situation! Is there some other problem that will arise later if I decide to go back to Google? Will they question my motives or my reasoning? I'm just very paranoid at this point. I really feel like I'm walking on egg shells. I just don't want to be digging my own grave by removing domains from Google only. If you know any other risks, I'd appreciate your comment. Thanks again.
I think they'd be happy to have you back - in fact GWT URL removals are only valid for 90 days, and then you either have to prevent content from being crawled by googlebot or remove them all over again. It's good to be paranoid when dealing with Google, but as far as I know they don't punish you for removing content.