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**colochris** · 02-01-2008, 06:25 PM

Hello to all,

So here is the question, say you have 2 domains pointing to the same site.

For an example, abc.com and abc.net

If you went to forums and post like you usually do and instead of just adding 1 link like the .com, you added both .com and .net

Would this help becuase your getting twice the links being indexed?

Just wondering

Colochris

**colochris** · 02-01-2008, 07:56 PM

Also, if you hide your link like mine says the url, if I hide it like taking out the url and just have a phrase, does that still get searched by a spider and count for a link?

for an example.

www.bowlingboards.com shown in my sig

or bowling fun with a hidden url that is clickable.

Does the hidden, a better looking sig get index to count for a backlink?

Thanks

**Learning Newbie** · 02-01-2008, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colochris

Also, if you hide your link like mine says the url, if I hide it like taking out the url and just have a phrase, does that still get searched by a spider and count for a link?
for an example.

www.bowlingboards.com shown in my sig

or bowling fun with a hidden url that is clickable.

Yes, except when you do that, it helps you score or rank for the phrase that becomes the link - what you click on to go somewhere else - instead of when people search for your exact URL. In your example, that would help you (a little) come up when somebody searches for bowling fun instead of www.bowlingboards.com. Most people agree this is a good thing.

Otherwise, all I can say is it depends. If you're doing a 301 redirect like you're supposed to, you probably get no good at all. Plus, signature links have long since been devalued. For a whole bunch of reasons, from they're so easy to get to how many is Google really going to count to your site from one particular other site to how many other links are on the page that bears your signature?

PageRank isn't worht the time it takes to talk about.

**ADAM Web Design** · 02-01-2008, 08:39 PM

In a word: "no". Pick one domain, and only one domain, as the final destination for your site. You can 301 one to the other, but pick one as its final resting place.

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-ad...onicalization/ <--- it explains non-www vs. www issues, but the same thing applies to TLDs.

**Skinny1** · 02-01-2008, 09:27 PM

I would also suggest using a 301 redirect. This tells search engines that the .net has moved to the .com for example. This would insure you don't get a duplicate content penalty from the Search Engines.

Also it would be advisable to put phrases that people will search for as the text for the URL rather then the URL itself.

This will your site to come up when someone searches for that phrase.

Skinny

**colochris** · 02-01-2008, 09:30 PM

Thanks for your help everyone, Talkupation noted.

So may I ask what a 301 redirect is? Probably biggest noob question out there, but I have never heard of it until now.

Also so you saying to use phrases instead of the url in the sig? Sounds great thanks so much

Colochris

**ADAM Web Design** · 10:49 PM

No problem, colochris.

A 301 is an HTTP (web) status code. The default status code is "200 OK". 301 indicates that a resource has moved permanently to somewhere else.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes <--- I'm thinking this URL should be pretty self-explanatory.

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articl...1-redirect.htm <--- how to do a 301 redirect...one of the ways. If you're on a Windows server, this won't work and you'll have to figure out something else.

**ForrestCroce** · 02-02-2008, 03:04 AM

To clarify: you probably won't get penalized for duplicate content if you don't use a 301, but it's still in your best interest. A lot of sites are mirrored, and a lot of people have no idea about http status codes. I've worked for an e-commerce company with an obscene budget for in-house software development that refused to do anything but 302, or temporary, redirection. When I set up my web site I picked a bad domain name, then added a second; it was a good six months or so before I figured out how and why to set up redirects. Consolidating everything seems to have helped me, but I think enough small web sites are in your shoes that it fits the 'natural' pattern and doesn't bring punishment from above.

Google will eventually figure out that the two sites are duplicates, and start only serving one in their search results. It may or may not be the one you'd like. And if you're concerned with link counting, running multiple domains means your total collection of incoming links is divided up.