Does private registration have any negative impact whatsoever on
google search engine ranking? I have an unused domain that is several
years old that I want to use for a new website. I may want to change
the domain to a private registration.
> Does private registration have any negative impact whatsoever on
> google search engine ranking? I have an unused domain that is several
> years old that I want to use for a new website. I may want to change
> the domain to a private registration.
> What's private registration? Aren't all domains that way?
> On Sep 4, 5:35 pm, NumbersMan wrote:
> > Does private registration have any negative impact whatsoever on
> > google search engine ranking? I have an unused domain that is several
> > years old that I want to use for a new website. I may want to change
> > the domain to a private registration.- Hide quoted text -
> Does private registration have any negative impact whatsoever on
> google search engine ranking? I have an unused domain that is several
> years old that I want to use for a new website. I may want to change
> the domain to a private registration.
> Does private registration have any negative impact whatsoever on
> google search engine ranking? I have an unused domain that is several
> years old that I want to use for a new website. I may want to change
> the domain to a private registration.
A common registrant is _one_ clue when looking for domain farms.
Personally I find a little bell rings whenever I see "Domainsbyproxy"
or similar given as the registrant. It's possible it might turn a
borderline case over the edge.
As far as I know, the use of a domain name privacy feature generally
does not influence crawling, indexing or ranking of a website. Feel
free to use it if you think it makes sense. :)
To me, I think it sometimes makes sense not to use it, especially if
the website is for a business:
- What does it mean if you're trying to hide the ownership of a domain
used for a business? It certainly doesn't help to build trust.
- If something problematic is going on with the website (say it was
hacked and you don't have access to the contact form), having the
right contact information can be vital in getting it fixed quickly
(phone numbers + email addresses).
Also keep in mind that it's required that you list valid contact
information in the whois data for your domain. Using a privacy service
is fine if you still get those emails and get any calls forwarded.
Inaccurate or incomplete whois data can be the basis for having a
domain name taken away from you - so make sure that you're not listed
as living at 1060 West Addison :-).
> As far as I know, the use of a domain name privacy feature generally
> does not influence crawling, indexing or ranking of a website. Feel
> free to use it if you think it makes sense. :)
> To me, I think it sometimes makes sense not to use it, especially if
> the website is for a business:
> - What does it mean if you're trying to hide the ownership of a domain
> used for a business? It certainly doesn't help to build trust.
> - If something problematic is going on with the website (say it was
> hacked and you don't have access to the contact form), having the
> right contact information can be vital in getting it fixed quickly
> (phone numbers + email addresses).
> Also keep in mind that it's required that you list valid contact
> information in the whois data for your domain. Using a privacy service
> is fine if you still get those emails and get any calls forwarded.
> Inaccurate or incomplete whois data can be the basis for having a
> domain name taken away from you - so make sure that you're not listed
> as living at 1060 West Addison :-).
If it's a business (& not personal/hobby site) hiding domain name
ownership, to me, is suspicious and does absolutely nothing to instill
trust. Personally, I would not knowingly enter into any transaction,
for example, with a site that had domain name name by proxy. I can
kind of see webado's point about unwanted spam etc., but I just would
not trust a commercial site who do not say or own up to who they are,
provide contact information, period.
On Sep 5, 5:24 pm, cnm wrote:
> Our domain was privately registered (GoDaddy using DomainsByProxy) and
> has page rank 5.
> On Sep 5, 4:50 am, JohnMu wrote:
> > As far as I know, the use of a domain name privacy feature generally
> > does not influence crawling, indexing or ranking of a website. Feel
> > free to use it if you think it makes sense. :)
> > To me, I think it sometimes makes sense not to use it, especially if
> > the website is for a business:
> > - What does it mean if you're trying to hide the ownership of a domain
> > used for a business? It certainly doesn't help to build trust.
> > - If something problematic is going on with the website (say it was
> > hacked and you don't have access to the contact form), having the
> > right contact information can be vital in getting it fixed quickly
> > (phone numbers + email addresses).
> > Also keep in mind that it's required that you list valid contact
> > information in the whois data for your domain. Using a privacy service
> > is fine if you still get those emails and get any calls forwarded.
> > Inaccurate or incomplete whois data can be the basis for having a
> > domain name taken away from you - so make sure that you're not listed
> > as living at 1060 West Addison :-).
