Exact Copy of website
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We have a client who has the exact copy of his site twice (so three identical sites) in a com.au , .com .co.uk
all the sites seem to be the same, cached at different times by Google- ranking is ok on main site which we are working on....Any thoughts?
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You might want to get some rel="alternate" hreflang="x" attribution on those different domains to be safe. Especially if you are (you should be) using localised spelling for each country.
See: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en
From above link, scenario where
rel="alternate" hreflang="x"
is recommended:"Your pages have broadly similar content within a single language, but the content has small regional variations. For example, you might have English-language content targeted at readers in the US, GB, and Ireland."
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It is okay to have identical content as long as Google is informed that you are targeting different markets. For instance it would be fine if I am targeting with Google Webmaster tools the United States and using a .com I could than run the same content on a .co.uk in the United Kingdom the same goes for Australia with .co.au running
Here is some more information
I hope I have been of help,
Thomas
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