Can Register Domain With Fake Information?

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Lets say i have 300 domains that are white-hat website earning me money and are primary source of income. Now i decided to go gray-hat and try another monetization method with another 200 domains.

Should i register for these 200 domains with fake information so that Google won't cross reference all my empire and bans in case there is a problem with gray-hat websites?

Or should i use same information, but only change email address? Will it make me look as another person?
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  • Profile picture of the author TristanPerry
    Using fake information is against ICANN (and thus domain registrar) policy and could potentially get your domains deactivated (albeit this isn't likely). In short, don't do it.

    Plus Google doesn't check based on WHOIS info (if they did, all you'd have to do to get your competitors banned is create a few really spammy, really black-hat sites and then set the WHOIS info to match your competitors' WHOIS info..)

    Just use privacy protection. Sometimes it's as cheap as $1 per domain, and some registrars even give it for free.

    And be sure not to put the accounts in Webmaster Tools or Analytics since Google ban based on these, not based on WHOIS info.

    EDIT: Not that I'm suggesting you use gray-hat tactics though. Seriously, Google are clamping down on questionable tactics more and more (2010 seems to have seen Google accelerate their anti-black/gray hat hunting), hence be wary of this since buying and setting up 200 new domains and websites only to have them deindexed (even if it's 'only' one-by-one) wouldn't be much fun..
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  • Profile picture of the author mantasx
    And be sure not to put the accounts in Webmaster Tools or Analytics since Google ban based on these, not based on WHOIS info.
    DAMMn! I didn't know this! One of my sites got deindexed so I bought an aged domain and built a new website. I put the analytics under the same accounts. Can it seriously affect anything? I don't think google would be that brutal. Can anyone confirm this?
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    • Profile picture of the author TristanPerry
      Originally Posted by mantasx View Post

      DAMMn! I didn't know this! One of my sites got deindexed so I bought an aged domain and built a new website. I put the analytics under the same accounts. Can it seriously affect anything? I don't think google would be that brutal. Can anyone confirm this?
      It isn't always the case, although there have been a number of stories where all sites in the GWT (Google Webmaster Tool) or analytics accounts have been penalised/deindexed in one go.

      I read of someone a couple of weeks ago who had dozens of sites, some of which were listed in GWTs, some were listed in analytics, and some in neither. Google deindexed all his sites (even good ones) which were listed in GWT and/or analytics, but they didn't touch the ones which weren't in either. As I say, it's probably not always the case, but it does seem like this is currently one of the methods that Google uses.

      Is pretty harsh. I guess that Google's attitude is "If they spam on one site, they might spam on all their sites".

      But yep, is brutal. Best to keep things seperated (and if possible, open up a new Google Account for your new sites) if you're in doubt.
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      • Profile picture of the author mantasx
        Originally Posted by TristanPerry View Post

        It isn't always the case, although there have been a number of stories where all sites in the GWT (Google Webmaster Tool) or analytics accounts have been penalised/deindexed in one go.

        I read of someone a couple of weeks ago who had dozens of sites, some of which were listed in GWTs, some were listed in analytics, and some in neither. Google deindexed all his sites (even good ones) which were listed in GWT and/or analytics, but they didn't touch the ones which weren't in either. As I say, it's probably not always the case, but it does seem like this is currently one of the methods that Google uses.

        Is pretty harsh. I guess that Google's attitude is "If they spam on one site, they might spam on all their sites".

        But yep, is brutal. Best to keep things seperated (and if possible, open up a new Google Account for your new sites) if you're in doubt.
        Well thanks for the heads up! I will definitely set up a new accounts from now on. I hate how google hides everything and doesn't announce important information publicly. They should explain exactly what causes a website to get de-indexed in the first place. I love google, yet hate them at the same time.
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  • Profile picture of the author austyno1
    TristanPerry thanks for your insights! i have learnt a lot form this too! keep the good work going.
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    • Profile picture of the author Boris_yo
      Well i hear people say when you use domain privacy protection, then Google think you are trying to hide something from them...
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