Does Whois information really affect rank at all

zoomsixx · Oct 8, 2012

I've heard different things about this. Some of the things I have heard. Using whois guard can negatively affect rank, registering for more than a year can help, using fake info can have negative affects.

I have tried all of these and can't say if they hurt or help. I prefer to use whois guard (via Namecheap) and Cloudflair for DNS which I do on some sites without any noticeable change in the SERPS.

Please post any results you have seen, both negative and positive. I'm curious.

BlackHat3 · Oct 8, 2012

How would they figure out its fake info though? On my next domain im going to use real info....just not mine. Im getting pretty sick of getting banned from adsense.

backlinkseo · Oct 8, 2012

i also thoughts other day, behind who is there is also a mystery near to google.

themidiman · Oct 8, 2012

Never had any issues with using private registration. G states in their patent that they may use the duration of a domain registration as a ranking factor, but again, I have not personally seen any difference here. Domains I reg for a year rank the same as domains I have registered for 5+. Just my experience.

Sparrow · Oct 8, 2012

Just to give u food for thought.

I signed up with a Gmail account and after three days got an email saying that the name I used while signing up wasn't real. WOW.

Now Google doesn't has the database of the names of 6 billion plus people on this planet but they do know that the name I used was not real. With Google Maps and things like that I suspect that they can have a good guess if the address in whois details is real or fake.

Ur opinion?

zoomsixx · Oct 8, 2012

I understand you could use fake info and Google really wouldn't know. I really meant using obviously fake info, like 555-555-5555 as your phone number, or 123 Main St. as your address.

Has anyone ever have any problems using Cloudflair DNS or Whois guard type services?

TheViceroy · Oct 8, 2012

I've never noticed any different with my domain registrations. I doubt that they really take that into account when it comes to rankings (and if they do, it's probably a pretty small factor in the overall ranking process).

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