Comments on: How Does Private Domain Registration Affect SEO?

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:31:36 +0000

Hi Mark,
Thanks for reading and your comment!
1 great quality relevant link is worth much more than 50 links from the same domain…there should be a balanced approach to your link building efforts as well.

By: Mark Hudson

Mark Hudson — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:08:38 +0000

I do not wholeheartedly agree. If google checks the registrar information and sees that 50 of 60 links that point to your website are ALL owned by the exact same person, you will likely receive less value from those 50 links. That would make the most sense — considering Google is a logical machine and does everything to avoid people who are trying to manipulate their ranking system.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:51:40 +0000

Hi Chase,
Thanks for reading and your comment. I personally have not heard of Google taking it to that level. But if you owned 100 domains with good quality content and unique design, I would be careful how and if you interlink these sites. This is where you might encounter issues with Google…

By: Chase Sagum

Chase Sagum — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:38:13 +0000

Here’s a question for you. Does Google calculate in their rankings domains that are owned by the same person? For example, if Andy owns 100 different domains and hosts them on different IP addresses he is cool. But will Google look at the Whois data on all those domains and see that they are all owned by the same person?

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:21:28 +0000

Thanks for the info Andy!

By: Andy Bush

Andy Bush — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:09:27 +0000

The short answer is it does not affect serach engine rankings. I registered many private domains via yohost.org and had no issues with the rankings.