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Worst case scenario, they will blacklist the domain FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. The domains are not totally impossible to recover a few months later...It takes time to build up the relevancy to even hit some keywords the original ranking once held before the blacklist.
Will they blacklist the domain it is redirecting to?
Google does not like to blacklist sites and kick them out. They state this in their fact & fiction page in About Google. From what I've seen, a determining factor is how relevant (and popular) is the page being redirected to? In this case, where (keywords are) relevant, the score is high (the page rank is 6, which is fairly high).
Secondly is how far did the abuse go (10 domains vs. 1000). I personally think that Google would only simply "boot" out the domains that are redirecting using irrelevant keywords or all redirects associated with that traffic target. I have been marketing in Google since they officially opened their doors to the search engine public. They often create their own facts&fictions because only they really know what they will do. Everyone else has too much to lose. Realistically, I think the backlash would only be as bad as the complaints number and cheating is detected. I say 3-4 months.
Will they boot all domains linking to it?
No Way. Google has too much to lose in reputation and search result value. Although when abuse get's bad enough, I've seen the search engines throw some pretty heavy blows.
They could be buying up expired domains. Seems like the most recent trend of "easy result" marketers. It all has to be a stepping stone that you build on or it will die within a year, be wasted. Long term results are very possible in the search engines, including Google, with a well optimized page. Guess what guys? Doorway pages still work. Who ever is saying they don't, doesn't know what the fuck they are doing.
Ludedude, damn bulkers is right. It's pretty amazing what a little perl or php can do with a few good templates. The trouble is managing and maintaining it all.
Fletch XXX, I wouldn't worry unless it gets to become an extreme scale. Most search engines don't spider URl's with ?, =, or id variables in the URL. Google does, but the link does not rank for your home page, your home page is the one that is cashed, spidered, and ranked.
Hope this helps answer some questions. SE marketing is what I've done full time for the last 4 years with adult Internet services providers. I write a lot of articles for resource centers and Klixxx, including a bi-monthly in Cozy Frog's Cozy Academy HUB, I author "Traffic Talk" under Cyndalie that is all SE related.
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