Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose?

consultant1027 · 08-02-2011, 11:15 AM

I have noticed that an unrelated domain name is now pointing to my site. The DNS is pointing the domain to my IP.

I'm not sure if it is a mistake, or if someone has done it on purpose.

It would seem to me this could make Google look at it as duplicate content, or a doorway site and potentially penalize my site! Is this possible?

Are there other ways someone could try to get my site penalized on purpose such as posting it on a notorious link farm?

iamseo · 08-02-2011, 11:21 AM

Can you explain in brief ?
Do you mean to say that some domain is pointing to your website with anchor text ?

dennyrichs · 08-02-2011, 11:51 AM

what you exactly mean?? do you mean that someone has redirected their domain to your website?? if yes in that case you will not penalized. because you can't stop him.and google knows it very well. and if Google take it as a duplicacy of content then that domain will penalized.

paulgl · 08-02-2011, 12:04 PM

Why wouldn't they just stick your domain in the link farm?

This makes no sense:

Quote:

Originally Posted by consultant1027

The DNS is pointing the domain to my IP.

Paul

consultant1027 · 08-02-2011, 01:31 PM

For those that didn't understand what "the DNS for their domain is pointing to my IP is"....

When you enter a website address, your computer has to go look up the IP address for the website.

If you have a website mydomain.com and the IP address for that website is 111.222.333.444 and someone changes the DNS entry for theirdomain.com to the same ip address 111.222.333.444 then all www.theirdomain.com URLs will go you your website. www.theirdomain.com brings up the same page as www.mydomain.com AS LONG AS MY WEBSITE HAS A DEDICATED IP ADDRESS, which it does.

This is causing my server log files to be artificially bloated also.

One suggestion I heard was to redirect any URL with a domain that doesn't match my domain name. But they never specified where to redirect it to!

dennyrichs · 08-06-2011, 09:14 AM

You can redirect it to his domain.You can do it from your c pannel ,change website setting.

08-02-2011, 11:15 AM	#1
consultant1027 Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 77 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose? I have noticed that an unrelated domain name is now pointing to my site. The DNS is pointing the domain to my IP. I'm not sure if it is a mistake, or if someone has done it on purpose. It would seem to me this could make Google look at it as duplicate content, or a doorway site and potentially penalize my site! Is this possible? Are there other ways someone could try to get my site penalized on purpose such as posting it on a notorious link farm?

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iamseo Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: India Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose? Can you explain in brief ? Do you mean to say that some domain is pointing to your website with anchor text ?
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08-02-2011, 11:51 AM	#3
dennyrichs Denny Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: berlin Posts: 23 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose? what you exactly mean?? do you mean that someone has redirected their domain to your website?? if yes in that case you will not penalized. because you can't stop him.and google knows it very well. and if Google take it as a duplicacy of content then that domain will penalized.
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08-02-2011, 01:31 PM	#5
consultant1027 Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 77 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose? For those that didn't understand what "the DNS for their domain is pointing to my IP is".... When you enter a website address, your computer has to go look up the IP address for the website. If you have a website mydomain.com and the IP address for that website is 111.222.333.444 and someone changes the DNS entry for theirdomain.com to the same ip address 111.222.333.444 then all www.theirdomain.com URLs will go you your website. www.theirdomain.com brings up the same page as www.mydomain.com AS LONG AS MY WEBSITE HAS A DEDICATED IP ADDRESS, which it does. This is causing my server log files to be artificially bloated also. One suggestion I heard was to redirect any URL with a domain that doesn't match my domain name. But they never specified where to redirect it to!

08-06-2011, 09:14 AM	#6
dennyrichs Denny Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: berlin Posts: 23 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Can A Site Get Penalized On Purpose? You can redirect it to his domain.You can do it from your c pannel ,change website setting.
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