[thelist] Multiple Domain Names

[Fred Jones]

> I imagine it could be taken to the point of spamming, but that's not a
> given, is it?

I think it is actually.

> if people know me as joel, spinhead, joel canfield, or joel d canfield, why
> can't all those domain names point the same place, just as all the labels do
> in real life? sure, I could have "nsfw pictures dot com" point to "my
> multilevel marketing scam dot com" and, if I do, I should be punished.
>
> two very different scenarios. obviously I have no idea how SEO algorithms
> handle this. frankly I don't care; I care how humans handle it, and they
> handle it pretty well, I think.

To see how this affects SEO, check out the first few links here:

http://www.google.com/search?q=multiple+domain+names+seo

That's why I was asking to point all the non-primary domains to a
secondary site--that site can have bad SEO, but at least it will catch
those users who (for whatever reason) are anyway visiting those
domains.

F