Hi,
I appear to have incurred some penalties. I believe I know why too. I'm just not sure what the best way of fixing it is.
I have some sites that are all inter-linked. That makes sense for users. However the sites are fairly heavily interlinked and are all on the same subnet.
They also have some very similar or exact copy pages. The reason for this was to get sites up and running fast (write one template and by changing a few string values the text of the whole site changes but the structure and much of the wording is the same).
None of the sites are showing up as they should. Back links from each of the other sites in the group are not showing up in Webmaster tools.
Obviously I have to do some work on the content. What I am really looking for advice on is what to do about the inter-linking. It does not make sense to get rid of the links from a user perspective.
Or have I missed something blindingly obvious?
I noticed that the keyword I used in a banner that is repeated through all the sites actually made the target site fall two/three places for that keyword. I've changed it now to check it out for sure. If it is the case, then that is bad news. It means that any site associated will actually suffer for it.
Going to mynextjob.ie and clicking on the "Job Site LInks" tab will give you the whole network. The IT and Marketing sites have not yet been indexed. My biggest worry is that I had planned on there being over 30 sites like this. I think it makes sense for a job seeker to have niche sites. I also think it is a good idea to have free job advertising.
It was supposed to be a service... but I need some help on getting around getting penalised for it.
Any suggestions would be very very welcome.
I appear to have incurred some penalties. I believe I know why too. I'm just not sure what the best way of fixing it is.
I have some sites that are all inter-linked. That makes sense for users. However the sites are fairly heavily interlinked and are all on the same subnet.
They also have some very similar or exact copy pages. The reason for this was to get sites up and running fast (write one template and by changing a few string values the text of the whole site changes but the structure and much of the wording is the same).
None of the sites are showing up as they should. Back links from each of the other sites in the group are not showing up in Webmaster tools.
Obviously I have to do some work on the content. What I am really looking for advice on is what to do about the inter-linking. It does not make sense to get rid of the links from a user perspective.
Or have I missed something blindingly obvious?
I noticed that the keyword I used in a banner that is repeated through all the sites actually made the target site fall two/three places for that keyword. I've changed it now to check it out for sure. If it is the case, then that is bad news. It means that any site associated will actually suffer for it.
Going to mynextjob.ie and clicking on the "Job Site LInks" tab will give you the whole network. The IT and Marketing sites have not yet been indexed. My biggest worry is that I had planned on there being over 30 sites like this. I think it makes sense for a job seeker to have niche sites. I also think it is a good idea to have free job advertising.
It was supposed to be a service... but I need some help on getting around getting penalised for it.
Any suggestions would be very very welcome.