{"id":2346,"date":"2012-12-10T23:42:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T07:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2012-12-14T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-15T06:36:09","slug":"dangers-of-using-multiple-domain-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/web-development\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangers of Using Multiple Domain Names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2348\" title=\"Dangers of Using Multiple Domain Names\" src=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domains-200x200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domains-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Dangers of Using Multiple Domain Names\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27200%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20200%20200%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27200%27%20height%3D%27200%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domains-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domains-200x200.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Do you use more than one domain name for a single website?<\/h3>\n<p> Are you certain that this &#8220;pointing&#8221; is done correctly? I ask because this scenario comes up almost daily in my business and I see folks getting virtually punished for not knowing about nor implementing this <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/web-development\/how-to-redirect-your-website\/\" title=\"How to redirect your website using 301\">redirect<\/a>&#8221; <\/strong>correctly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There is a belief that having more than one domain name &#8220;pointing&#8221; (like domains with keywords within) to a website will give your site better rankings on Google.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is it true? <strong> No. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The end. =)<\/p>\n<h3>How important are domain names for getting found?<\/h3>\n<p><!--more Click to find out how important domain names are in getting found on Google--><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mean to be so short, but the simple fact remains that these days, domain names on their own don&#8217;t do much of anything at all. You want to succeed out on Google et al.? Deliver great (optimized) content. (with more emphasis on the &#8220;great&#8221;)  And don&#8217;t let anyone (marketing pro, sales rep nor otherwise) tell you any different. They are wrong and I&#8217;m not. It&#8217;s fine to have multiple domain(s) and *correctly* redirect them to a single domain. But remember, domain names themselves are only a teeeeeeeny piece of what Google is looking for to place your website within their index. Think of it like this: Take care of your customers first with killer content&#8230; and Google will reward you. Why?  Because you will be operating from the same mindset that drives the Google Algorithm. (help people first)<\/p>\n<h3>Multiple domains for a brand?<\/h3>\n<p>Can you protect a brand by using multiple extensions like .com .net, .com &amp; .org? Maybe. That&#8217;s a high-level business decision that should be made by the business owner. For me? I feel that content remains king out on the web. Brand &#8211; Schmand! ( I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m somewhat alone in my feelings for that one) =)<\/p>\n<h3>Correctly redirecting a website from multiple domains:<\/h3>\n<p>If implemented *correctly*, (<a href=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/web-development\/how-to-redirect-your-website\/\" title=\"How to redirect your website using 301\">301 redirects &#8211; i.e. permanent redirects<\/a>) having more than one domain name &#8220;redirected&#8221; won&#8217;t hurt your rankings on Google. However, <strong>done incorrectly, will not only hurt your rankings but might even get you fully removed from Google&#8217;s search index, without an invitation back<\/strong>. Some folks, even after clearly showing Google that a mistake was made, are only allowed back after 6 months to a year later. Why? Because <strong><em>Google hates duplicate content<\/em><\/strong>. ( as it should ) One of the reasons Google implements this punishment is to help prevent others from copying *your* content. And because they don&#8217;t want to stop making $40 billion a year. Google search business is there to provide the very best content it can find. Period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beware:<\/strong> don&#8217;t ever implement &#8220;domain masking&#8221; if you are wanting to actually redirect a website (I hate the fact that web hosts even offer this\u2026 they should name it &#8220;duplicate content for those who want to ruin their search engine rankings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hope that helps explain the dangers of using multiple domains for a single website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As always, please share if you care.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\/\/D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you use more than one domain name for a&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/web-development\/dangers-of-using-multiple-domain-names\/\">Continue Reading<span> Dangers of Using Multiple Domain Names<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[485,482,480,481,483,484],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-development","tag-can-i-use-more-than-one-domain-name","tag-danger-of-using-multiple-domain-names","tag-dangers-of-using-multiple-domain-names","tag-do-not-use-domain-masking","tag-use-more-than-one-domain-name","tag-using-more-than-one-domain-name"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions\/2384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daveworks.net\/web-design-development-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}