Cloudflare or other solutions? How do you guys hide networks? (PBN's)

Anyone here use Cloudflare for PBNs hosting? he recently had our sites penalized even though they are all behind a CF account.
Came to the understanding after researching that CF puts all the domains in a free account under one Name Server pair
All have the same name servers so google with advanced tools can easily find the rest with patterns


Anyone have a solution? Besides Entreprise account there is basically no solution from what I researched
Only opening 1 CF acc per domain which is absurd

Go with multiple cloud hosting providers (you can use something like Cloudways to admin them) and just use their nameservers. Cloud host name servers are used by thousands upon thousands of sites, you will blend in.

DMMayer said:

Only opening 1 CF acc per domain which is absurd

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What's wrong with this approach? You can do 2-3 per account then you have to be careful of how obvious the pattern still is.

DMMayer said:

Anyone here use Cloudflare for PBNs hosting? he recently had our sites penalized even though they are all behind a CF account.
Came to the understanding after researching that CF puts all the domains in a free account under one Name Server pair
All have the same name servers so google with advanced tools can easily find the rest with patterns


Anyone have a solution? Besides Entreprise account there is basically no solution from what I researched
Only opening 1 CF acc per domain which is absurd

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If you don't have a budget and there's no other way, you should put each of your domains into a separate account so you will get different nameservers.

That being said, Clouflare is not the best choice for PBN hosting. You should use it, yes, for diversity, but in the bigger picture, having all domains on CF is not the best idea.

I would only use CF for cheap, low quality domains that I'm not afraid to lose. If your domains are a bit more expensive.. then you should look for better solutions or you may lose your investment prematurely.

People use CF successfully for PBNs, but there should be sufficient diversity if you intend to keep your domains for a longer period.

Yes in this case definitely better to go with a custom tailored service that can explicitely deliver a PBN friendly setup.

I would not count on Cloudflare alone to separate PBNs. If all the websites have the same footprint patterns, then using name servers is one element among others such as hosting, themes, plugins, and link building techniques. The aim should be minimizing the entire footprint rather than concentrating on one pattern..