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Cloaking WHOIS information

by Voyager64
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Hi there,

In need of help from you guys out there in WF land!

I recently bought a domain and then found that it was an aged domain (2004) with 8 backlinks still attached!! How good is that!

Well, within weeks it is sitting on Page 1 for 3 keywords which are getting 25000 searches per month (phrase match) and with over 2 million competition and has been there throughout Panda and the like!

My predicament is this...

I have been told that because there was a break of 12 months between the last domain owner and myself that once the search engines get wind of it they could re-rank the site, thus losing its age and links.

Can anyone shed any light on whether it is a good idea to hide my details on WHOIS or not. I have also read that the search engines may not index you if your details are hidden

AAAGGGHHH!!!!

Looking forward to your thoughts

Jon
#cloaking #information #whois
  • Profile picture of the author Velant
    Originally Posted by Voyager64 View Post


    I have been told that because there was a break of 12 months between the last domain owner and myself that once the search engines get wind of it they could re-rank the site, thus losing its age and links.
    Google may de-rank site for other things such as no new content added or no backlings being build etc.

    Originally Posted by Voyager64 View Post

    Can anyone shed any light on whether it is a good idea to hide my details on WHOIS or not. I have also read that the search engines may not index you if your details are hidden
    I believe it's a wild gossip to say the least. I know lots and lots of high-traffic sites that have their WHOIS details hidden - yet, Google loves them.

    To summarise, if your business or personal identity need strict privacy then you may want to go for hidding WHOIS, if you only worry about 'de-ranking' - I wouldn't bother. I believe it's non-sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by Voyager64 View Post

    I have also read that the search engines may not index you if your details are hidden
    I can assure you that search engines do not check your WHOIS record to rank you. Bing doesn't do it, Dogpile doesn't do it, and I can't imagine any reason Google would.
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesGw
    Whois doesn't matter at all.

    That said, are you sure you're ranking on page 1 for 2 million competition 25k search terms? Make sure your webhistory is turned off so Google isn't giving you personalized search results.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dann Vicker
    Go for whois protection. I'm pretty certain you'll have no problems with google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Always-A-Warrior
    it doesn't matter if you hide or ride. It's a dropped name and pr will drop but link will stay. So if I was you keep adding relevant content slowly and build up. Don't rely too much on pr its not what brings you money, its the content that does.
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