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Is Godaddy helping Google Footprint Your Autoblogs?

by Sylonious
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The problem I experienced is that GoDaddy partnered with Google so they claim and so as a GoDaddy hosting customer, the Google verification file, which looks like google1111111.html gets automatically generated by GoDaddy and inserted into your GoDaddy hosted domains without any knowledge or approval by the site owner. - Source
And I noticed this on my sites as well. Godaddy submits all my sites automatically to the same Google Webmaster Tools account and I have no way of deleting the account.

This is very dangerous if you are running autoblogs cause you can get all of your websites banned from Google (including your white hat sites). All they would need to do is find just 1 bad site connected to your webmaster tools account and all of your sites would be banned.

Are There any other web hosts that have partnerships with Google like this?
#add #autoamtically #godaddy #google #sites #tools #webmaster
  • Profile picture of the author Naanajud567
    So it means to say that if you are involved with auto-blogging or content farming, never use GoDaddy. thanks for bringing this thing up here...
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    • Profile picture of the author Sylonious
      Originally Posted by Naanajud567 View Post

      So it means to say that if you are involved with auto-blogging or content farming, never use GoDaddy. thanks for bringing this thing up here...
      Not just autoblogging.

      It also informs Google that you are creating your own backlinks because your sites are connected through Google Webmaster Tools. So links under the same Godaddy account would be discounted even if you have different C-Class Ip addresses.

      Black Hat on just one website could get all of your websites deindexed.

      You could have a blog that was hacked and it could end up getting all your websites under Godaddy deindexed.
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  • Profile picture of the author faceblogger
    I use NameCheap as Goodaddy has many similar issues.
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  • Profile picture of the author packjack
    Godaddy is no good for hosting.. I avoid them like plague..
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeb
    Well if the godaddy/google story is true, i would definitely stay away from godaddy. I wouldn't want google track all the data of my sites and that is why i don't use analytics.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyseo786
    well i wasn't aware adding all the sites with a same webmaster tool account can cause banned for my all sites . thanks for information, going to change it right away
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  • Profile picture of the author Sylonious
    If you are on Godaddy e-mail them and tell them to delete your Google Webmaster Tools account.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moneyerr
    I think not only for auto-blogging but also for other methods, too.
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    • Profile picture of the author jack jastin
      But What would happen with the pages if I had disallowed the certain web pages for Google bot By Using Robot.txt tags In this regard?
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  • Profile picture of the author Resultz
    Good info to know, thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOEnlightenment
    No offence guys but godaddy's hosting is the pits anyway and you shouldn't be hosting sites with them in the first place
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  • Profile picture of the author jolinepenniman
    i got two of my site fall in ranking and it does not get any traffic for few months. I think one of my site is autoblog and another is a real whitehat but it drops both
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  • Profile picture of the author ronywilliam
    So, this was the hidden info...
    Really nice work done Syloniuos. This is really helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rozanne
    Can you imagine their next advertising campaign. I think union of both these giant market players will hit the marketing world very speedily. I won't surprise when next time Godaddy's girls swap their t-shirts for Google.
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