Would this be considered a PBN by Google?

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Hey guys,

I'll just preface this post by saying I'm not at all an expert when it comes to black hat SEO or SEO in general. However, for this year, my aim is to get a bit more into it and hopefully diversify my traffic sources from being 100% social media-based.

I have this idea that I am looking to execute but I'm just not sure how Google will view or react to such a tactic. I'm looking to build around 15-20 sites targeting each of my main site's money pages. The sites that I am looking to register will be branded as the target keyword (not very competitive ones) meaning the domain name will be the actual keyword itself.

However, my goal isn't really to make these sites into their own unique identities with a ton of content behind them but rather develop them in such a manner that every visitor knows that it's just a subsidiary site of the main money site. I'll sort of be using them in my social media spam campaigns using my original brand name so it's kinda imperative that they see the logo/identity of the brand that ultimately referred them to this site. It's gonna be just one simple landing page that ultimately leads back to the specific service page of the actual money site.

A good example that I was able to find was this site here: https://cannabismarketingpr.com/

If I were to implement a similar strategy, would I need to go through the same process and take the same precautions as if I were building a PBN (buy a bunch of server droplets for hosting, use different registrars, not registering all of the domains in one day, being super careful about how many links I insert to my money page, etc.)? Or would a project of this scale not warrant taking the same sort of precautions that you'd need to take when building a PBN of 500+ sites?
 
However, for this year, my aim is to get a bit more into it and hopefully diversify my traffic sources from being 100% social media-based.
Interestingly, a lot of marketers including myself are getting tired of the incessant Google updates and are diversifying away from Google. Many towards social media. There are challenges everywhere.

To your question, I don't think they would be considered PBNs. They wouldn't even be strong enough to warrant anything serious. Though it could raise some flags, I don't think it'll be a big deal.

If they would be a part of your SEO at anytime, then they could be considered as such. But from your explanation, I don't think so.

Finally, neither myself nor anyone else here represents Google or can speak from the point of view of Google.
 
I looked at your website and I think you should hire someone who is an expert in this field.
Working for a website with such a price table is very responsible.
 
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