Hello, I am new to building sites and marketing. My partner and I are going to start and entertainment company (birthday, bachelor, bachelorette, singing telegrams) in California. We already purchased about 40 domains and built the websites, but have not put them up yet. They are basically the same with the exception of the name of the city. I recently found out that all the websites may be blacklisted from the search engines because of the duplicate content spam penalty. I've spent many hours reading about duplicate content and there seems to be a lot of opinions, so I'm hoping somebody here can help.
I understand that the search engines do not want the top ten results to be the same company under different urls but in this business the most successful companies have multiple urls. Some do it to get more listings in the top ten and others do it to target a specific city. One company has about 50 websites that are identical except for the city and they are always in the top. Another company has ten sites in one city that are very similiar and they have good rankings. Having one site is not an option because if someone is looking an entertainer in Oakland they will go with a company that has an Oakland domain name over a Calf one almost everytime.
I read that as long as the titles and meta descriptions are different the search engines will not pick it up. Is that true? The site has a home page (index), male pics (no text), female pics (no text), male revue, faq, and contact us. If I change the index page enough will that be enough to keep someone from the search engine from blacklisting the sites? I've read that the sites need to be anywhere from 20% to 80% different to be considered unique sites. Anybody know which it's closer to? Am I even understanding this correctly that the search engines detect the duplicate content then an actual person reviews the sites?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Jimmy You can have 50 websites all with top ten rankings on different search terms. They can all be from one city or 50 if you give a location it only targets your customers. So you wouldn't need an entertainer in California if you where in Oakland. You can also make a site for an Oakland base business as well. One site asks for a zip code then directs their business located in that area. It's all about customization.
You should try changing up key words and phrase on the home pages just enough so Google will index them individually. You can have multiple sites under the same page rank. Hi!! Even i myself in plans to start this kind of work. So please you gather more and more information and let me know the same. this is realy good idea for make popular your back links . this things puts your site on top. Hi, thank you for the reply. I am still a bit confused. I can have five Urls with the same content targeting customers in Oakland and I will not be blacklisted or have all five of my sites suffer in the rankings?
Thanks again I think you should stay away from duplicate content. The site message can be the same but re-write your Htags and re-structure sentences for best results. What percentage of the content needs to be original? I have heard anywhere from 20% to 80%. Thanks I make my own content anymore. Just for the fact I'm not trying to beat an arms race right now. Once you start your content writing it becomes much more natural. For the best part stick to original content.
I understand that the search engines do not want the top ten results to be the same company under different urls but in this business the most successful companies have multiple urls. Some do it to get more listings in the top ten and others do it to target a specific city. One company has about 50 websites that are identical except for the city and they are always in the top. Another company has ten sites in one city that are very similiar and they have good rankings. Having one site is not an option because if someone is looking an entertainer in Oakland they will go with a company that has an Oakland domain name over a Calf one almost everytime.
I read that as long as the titles and meta descriptions are different the search engines will not pick it up. Is that true? The site has a home page (index), male pics (no text), female pics (no text), male revue, faq, and contact us. If I change the index page enough will that be enough to keep someone from the search engine from blacklisting the sites? I've read that the sites need to be anywhere from 20% to 80% different to be considered unique sites. Anybody know which it's closer to? Am I even understanding this correctly that the search engines detect the duplicate content then an actual person reviews the sites?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Jimmy You can have 50 websites all with top ten rankings on different search terms. They can all be from one city or 50 if you give a location it only targets your customers. So you wouldn't need an entertainer in California if you where in Oakland. You can also make a site for an Oakland base business as well. One site asks for a zip code then directs their business located in that area. It's all about customization.
You should try changing up key words and phrase on the home pages just enough so Google will index them individually. You can have multiple sites under the same page rank. Hi!! Even i myself in plans to start this kind of work. So please you gather more and more information and let me know the same. this is realy good idea for make popular your back links . this things puts your site on top. Hi, thank you for the reply. I am still a bit confused. I can have five Urls with the same content targeting customers in Oakland and I will not be blacklisted or have all five of my sites suffer in the rankings?
Thanks again I think you should stay away from duplicate content. The site message can be the same but re-write your Htags and re-structure sentences for best results. What percentage of the content needs to be original? I have heard anywhere from 20% to 80%. Thanks I make my own content anymore. Just for the fact I'm not trying to beat an arms race right now. Once you start your content writing it becomes much more natural. For the best part stick to original content.