is the word "teen" for domains penalized?

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  • clickclickclick
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2005
    • 1227

    #1

    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.
  • papill0n
    Unregistered Abuser
    • Oct 2007
    • 15547

    #2
    not in my experience

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    • Abbie
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2005
      • 1004

      #3
      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.

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      • polish_aristocrat
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Jul 2002
        • 40377

        #4
        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?
        I don't use ICQ anymore.

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        • IllTestYourGirls
          Ah My Balls
          • Feb 2007
          • 14311

          #5
          Im #1 on google for a "teen ____" domain. So I would say no.

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          • GreyWolf
            So Fucking Banned
            • Jun 2007
            • 2036

            #6
            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.

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            • Ron Bennett
              Confirmed User
              • Oct 2003
              • 1653

              #7
              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

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              • Shagbunny
                Confirmed User
                • Oct 2007
                • 3028

                #8
                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

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                • darnit
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2001
                  • 2439

                  #9
                  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.

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