is the word "teen" for domains penalized? - GoFuckYourself.com

clickclickclick · 11-18-2007, 05:30 PM

i still haven't caught on whether or not teen would be categorized in the bad neighborhood of adult for search engines..

i would understand young... but what about teen?

any thoughts?

papill0n · 11-18-2007, 05:35 PM

not in my experience

Abbie · 11-18-2007, 05:49 PM

i do know some major hosting companies don't allow "teen" in domains they host ... but i haven't heard of search engines coming down on that.

polish_aristocrat · 11-18-2007, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CamWithHer

i do know some major hosting companies don't allow "teen" in domains they host ... but i haven't heard of search engines coming down on that.

which ones?

IllTestYourGirls · 11-18-2007, 05:55 PM

Im #1 on google for a "teen ____" domain. So I would say no.

GreyWolf · 11-18-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

which ones?

Can't remember em all, but Rackspace is one - they will not accept anything with celeb names (unless the domain is for legit celeb purposes) or adult "teen" domains on their network.

Ron Bennett · 11-18-2007, 08:10 PM

On a related note, the data center location can sometimes make a huge difference even within the same company ...

ie. Verio, back when I had some small adult portals, was ok with that stuff at their California datacenter, but not at their Utah one - the reason stated was local community standards.

Rackspace generally has a hands-off policy - they host all sorts of stuff that's technically way against their TOS ... ways of reducing problems is using one's own name servers instead of the webhost's, and further making sure the webhost details are not shown anywhere on the whois. Those steps won't stop one who is very determined from getting a site shutdown, but adds another barrier; better ensures that complaints are directed to the owner instead of the webhost who may overreact to a minor complaint.

Ron

Shagbunny · 11-18-2007, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by clickclickclick

i still haven't caught on whether or not teen would be categorized in the bad neighborhood of adult for search engines..

i would understand young... but what about teen?

any thoughts?

if you're doing keywords with adsense yeap

darnit · 11-18-2007, 10:58 PM

If your are buying traffic (Google comes to mind) then yes - teen is a no-no. They nuke not only the text in ads but make you edit your landing pages.

11-18-2007, 05:55 PM	#5
IllTestYourGirls Ah My Balls Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Under the gold leaf ICQ 388-454-421 Posts: 14,311	Im #1 on google for a "teen ____" domain. So I would say no. __________________

11-18-2007, 08:10 PM	#7
Ron Bennett Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,653	On a related note, the data center location can sometimes make a huge difference even within the same company ... ie. Verio, back when I had some small adult portals, was ok with that stuff at their California datacenter, but not at their Utah one - the reason stated was local community standards. Rackspace generally has a hands-off policy - they host all sorts of stuff that's technically way against their TOS ... ways of reducing problems is using one's own name servers instead of the webhost's, and further making sure the webhost details are not shown anywhere on the whois. Those steps won't stop one who is very determined from getting a site shutdown, but adds another barrier; better ensures that complaints are directed to the owner instead of the webhost who may overreact to a minor complaint. Ron __________________ Domagon - Website Management and Domain Name Sales

11-18-2007, 05:30 PM	#1
clickclickclick Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,227	is the word "teen" for domains penalized? i still haven't caught on whether or not teen would be categorized in the bad neighborhood of adult for search engines.. i would understand young... but what about teen? any thoughts? __________________ if you need more than 3 clicks to get to a join page, something is wrong ;) p.s. i still bring the sales whores here.

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papill0n Unregistered Abuser Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15,547	not in my experience

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11-18-2007, 10:58 PM	#9
darnit Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Teh Interweb Posts: 2,439	If your are buying traffic (Google comes to mind) then yes - teen is a no-no. They nuke not only the text in ads but make you edit your landing pages.