I have always thought that having multiple domains point to one site could hurt your rankings. I was just curious if there are any "special practices" to follow when doing this to make sure you do not get penalized by Google for duplicate content? Is my belief no longer relevant?
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Jump to PostDo you mean multiple domains hosted on the same server?
Jump to PostMultiple domains pointing to the same site is fine as long as you 301 rewrite them to the main domain so that Google doesn't find duplicate content.
Jump to PostThe only real reason to have additional domain names in my opinion is that it's cheap insurance that someone else won't get that domain name and start competing with you. No matter how many domains you have hooked up to the same account, you only want one to actually answer.
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