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- JazX0
I hope so - I use 'hidden' pages to link work previews as clients can never ever remember bloody passwords. - Nairn
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Use a robot.txt file to keep Google from indexing certain pages of your choice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob…
http://www.google.com/support/we…
- nocomply0
Bumping this to ask a different related question....
Let's say you have a website with a page called services.html, and you create a copy of it called services2.html with some edits for a client to proof before it is posted "live" and overwrites the original services page.
I have always assumed that since there are no pages on the website (or anywhere else on the internet) that link to services2.html, it would not be picked up by google and the website would not be punished for duplicate content.
Google would need to crawl a webpage with a link to services2.html for it to be indexed.
Is this correct?
- that's pretty much the case, from my understanding. as long as you didn't rename the file name.JazX
- yes, it would require Google to reindex everything and at that point, they recalculate links, etc.JazX
- I'm sorry, that is even if you renamed the file name.JazX
- I hope so - I use 'hidden' pages to link work previews as clients can never ever remember bloody passwords.Nairn
- thank you!nocomply
- JazX0
Good info here: http://www.seomoz.org/article/se…
Top 10 Positive Factors, Most Controversial Factors, Top 5 Negative Factors
- JazX0
http://tools.seobook.com/firefox… aint bad
- JazX0
SEO Don'ts:
Google bombing
Duplicate sites
Cloaking
Hidden text
Doorway pages
Automated submissions/linking
Keyword stuffing
Link farming
Paid links
- JazX0
What I am trying to say is, Google will correctly follow a 301 redirect and therefore it will neither hurt nor harm your SEO. If you have too many domains pointing to the same IP that may not hurt your SEO but it is certainly not going to help it either. Most likely only the main domain name will be indexed for the content and not the others.
Google will see 1 or 100 sites ALL with the same IP address pointing to the same site. This will not help page rank. You need inbound links from different IP addresses to get Google to believe you are an authority site.
You can accomplish this through backlinking strategies OR --
Get a dedicated server (about $150/mo) and generate as many unique domains and IP addresses as you want.
- acescence0
you can use multiple domains, but have them 301 redirect to the one main URL, or as max said, you will get penalized for duplicate
- 301 = moved permanentlyacescence
- im with acescencemaximillion_
- well Google will also respect 301 redirects as well and readjust your indexing. it thinks for youJazX
- maximillion_0
no it wont Dancer, your more likely to have one bring down the PR of another due to Google Duplicate Content Penalty.
It best to have the redirecting domain have a page with a link like the old newstoday.com
- except that doesnt have a link!maximillion_
- Google should do it automatically though.JazX
- show me an examplemaximillion_
- Nairn0
I'm not sure what you mean. JazX - but I was intending to ..er.. further define offerings by employing sub-directories. Though, tbf, I'm a few months away from having to worry myself about that - I just want to grab a couple of wee parcels of land right now!
- well, I hope I understand you, but you should be able to not only combine the domain name, but also subdirectories in order to rank.JazX
- let's say you start a cleaning company and you call it londoncleaning.com and at the same time you offerJazX
- greeen cleaning, then yes set up a subfolder called londoncleaning.com/g... etc.JazX
- chances are you will rank better with various buzz keywords that exist within the URL in total.JazX
- However, with that being said, there are obviously many variables that Google takes into consideration. :)JazX
- Cool - I get where you're coming from now - thanks!Nairn
- Go below, better explanationJazX
- Dancer0
I have a question on this area as well.
If you add domains that redirect to yoursite will this boost you ranking. eg. if I had a site Monkeyfish.com which was a curtain company, but also bought monkeyfihcurtains.com at a later date a directed this URL to just monkeyfish.com would this be enough to get a better rank?
Sorry to hi-jack Nairn...
have I explained that clearly...hmmm?
- JazX0
in fact, if you're smart, you'll create vanity URL's for any long URLs that might be created, such as monkeyfish.com/print/ if you happen to be in the print world, etc.
- Nairn0
Good, because hyphens are absolutely shit - they were back in the late nineties and did nothing for ..er.. 'memorability' with target audiences, and I'm sure as fuck people haven't got much smarter in the intervening years.
- maximillion_0
either
- JazX0
Yes, Google, Yahoo! & MSN are definitely smart enough to decipher the names. It shouldn't matter what hyphens, etc. you place there. I do this as part of my job.
- Nairn
OK, so I want to buy a few domains for a wee thing I'm starting up. I want to use register two-word domain that simply and clearly explains what I intend to do.
Now, if I lump the words together, will Search Engines be smart enough to extract both words, or will I have to (*shudder*) hyphenate them to keep them distinct and clear?
For example, would I employ "monkeyfish.com" or "monkey-fish.com"?
Any advicings?