Question Regarding Domain Bans on Search Engine Ranking

I work with movie streaming sites and adult tubes. When my site domains get banned due to DMCA issues, Google mostly removes my links from the search engine. I used to redirect those domains to new ones, and it worked smoothly. But now, I see there is much more to it than I realized. I'm not an SEO expert, but I want to know: Do I need to change Cloudflare accounts and hosting IPs too? Can Google track my Cloudflare and VPS IP? Can they stop ranking because of these? Or is it solely the domain?

If redirecting to new domain was working alright so far for you, then what has changed now? Elaborate more please so that we can understand your issue better. Im following a few such movie download sites for long time and this changing domain (just the tld, the domain name remains same always) frequently seems working for them even today.

Macaco Louco said:

If redirecting to new domain was working alright so far for you, then what has changed now? Elaborate more please so that we can understand your issue better. Im following a few such movie download sites for long time and this changing domain (just the tld, the domain name remains same always) frequently seems working for them even today.

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My domain name remains the same, as you said. We are also changing the TLDs. Mainly, we are looking for fresh TLDs that haven't been used because in these niches, there are millions of domains with bad histories, so we're always trying to find fresh ones. It worked until last year. Now, no matter how many times I change my TLDs, it doesn't rank. So I thought, maybe Google can find out my server IPs and Cloudflare account or something, and they stop ranking sites that are linked with those. I just wanted to know if Google can do that and if those guys normally do it.

18young said:

My domain name remains the same, as you said. We are also changing the TLDs. Mainly, we are looking for fresh TLDs that haven't been used because in these niches, there are millions of domains with bad histories, so we're always trying to find fresh ones. It worked until last year. Now, no matter how many times I change my TLDs, it doesn't rank. So I thought, maybe Google can find out my server IPs and Cloudflare account or something, and they stop ranking sites that are linked with those. I just wanted to know if Google can do that and if those guys normally do it.

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Someone in a thread said not to use same Google search console account. Since that is the way Google reaches your website.

Okay, got it. I'm not sure whether your rankings are affected due to the server IPs. It can also be the TLDs. New unorthodox TLDs usually face a hard time getting ranked initially. So you first need to rule out this factor before going through the server change hassle. Here's my two cents: follow some other popular streaming and download sites that do the exact same, i.e. change their Domain TLDs every now and then and you should use the same TLDs they are using. This way you can gain from others' success without shooting in the dark while trying new TLDs. However, if your site still doesn't rank, then it's obviously due to your server IP, so take the necessary step then.

Hi @alonelywriter,

Yes, agreed. Google search conole is a strictly no-no for any site that hosts/links pirated/copyrighted content.

18young said:

I work with movie streaming sites and adult tubes. When my site domains get banned due to DMCA issues, Google mostly removes my links from the search engine. I used to redirect those domains to new ones, and it worked smoothly. But now, I see there is much more to it than I realized. I'm not an SEO expert, but I want to know: Do I need to change Cloudflare accounts and hosting IPs too? Can Google track my Cloudflare and VPS IP? Can they stop ranking because of these? Or is it solely the domain?

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Cloudflare hardly has anything to do with it. Maybe Google has started carrying over the penalties to the new sites when you redirect to them.