: Multiple domains, same content Whats the best method in having multiple domains online with the same content so that it does not affect SEO. Say a www.domain.com and www.domain.com.au. The *.com.au

@Heady270

Running the same site on multiple top level domains that target different countries is absolutely fine from an SEO perspective.


Make locale specific spelling and wording changes appropriate for tho audience of the site. For example when targeting the .com site to US, use "vacation" instead of "holiday"
Use appropriate currency and shipping options for your audience of each site. (AUD vs USD for example).
Log into Google Webmaster Tools, add each site, and set the geo targeting of each site under "Site Settings" from the gear icon menu. Your com.au should be automatically targeted to Australia and you will be unable to change this.

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@Shanna517

There is no geotargeting value to duplicating content on multiple domains, or even using 301 redirects from different ccTLDs.

By definition, geotargeting serves up different content based on the user's geographic location. If you're just redirecting to or serving up the same content, that's not geotargeting. That's just buying lots of different ccTLDs for no reason.

There is also no SEO value in doing this. Google will not increase your ranking for Chinese users just because you happen to redirect a .cn domain to your site. Why should they? If I put up a German site and redirect a .uk domain to it, does that suddenly make the content more useful or relevant to UK visitors?

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@Voss4911412

What you need is canonicalization.

<link href='http://yourfavdomain.com/' rel='canonical'/>


Look at blogspot for example, each blogspot blog can be accessed with many extensions, the canonical tag is there to say that .com is the favourite option.

Permanent redirection works fine too if it's an available option.

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