What EMD Meta Title should we use and what about getting links to the same C-Block IP?

[TT_Vakantiehuizen]

Situation: Recently I encountered two problems with both internal and external SEO for my company websites.
This Dutch company has four websites on one server. Three closely related EMD(Exact Match Domain) websites and one overarching website. (Holiday homes rental websites)

Vakantiehuizen-Verhuur.nl (overarching)
Vakantiehuizen-Frankrijk.nl (EMD)
Vakantiehuizen-Italie.nl (EMD)
Vakantiehuizen-Spanje.nl (EMD)

Question 1:
What would be a preferable Meta Title for the EMD websites (homepage/subpages)? Keep in mind that the domains are EMD. The homepage will target the most important keywords and should not compete with subpages.

Options for the homepage:
1. Vakantiehuizen Frankrijk | Alle vakantiehuizen in Frankrijk op een rij!
2. Vakantiehuizen Frankrijk | Vakantiehuizen-Frankrijk.nl onderdeel van Vakantiehuizen-Verhuur.nl
3. Suggestions?

Options for the subpages:
1. Vakantiehuis Normandie | Vakantiehuizen Frankrijk
2. Vakantiehuis Normandie | Vakantiehuizen-Frankrijk.nl
3. Suggestions?

And concerning the keywords in the beginning; is it wise to use both plural and singular terms in the meta title? For Example:
Hotel New York. Best hotels in New York | Company Name

Question 2: Many SEOs state that getting (too many) links from the same C-Block IP is bad practice and should be avoided. Is this also applicable if one website links out to different websites with the same C-Block IP?

Thus, website A, B and C (on the same server) link to website D (different server) could be seen as spam but is this the same when website D links to website A, B and C?

[TT_Vakantiehuizen]

Thanks Gianluca Fiorelli, for your thorough answer,

We will consider ending each Meta Title with "- Vakantiehuizen-Italie.nl". We will probably first test some individual pages.

I asked the question concerning the C Block links because we are interlinking between our different EMD's. Which could look suspicious.. Moreover, sometimes I encounter websites where I can submit all three EMD's in once. Which results in a (many) links to the three EMD's from the same C-Block. I am still not sure if I should worry though...

[KeriMorgret]

Also, the same analytics or adsense account is a tipoff. Check out spyonweb to see some of this type of information.

[gfiorelli1]

Hi,

first of all, even if the EMD Update never rolled out outside of Google.com and English, I would try to avoid just relying on the advantages of having an EMD in order to rank.

That means that you would need to try to make of your domain name your brand name. I know it may sound difficult, given the domain name, but that what with time a tourist portal as Booking.com did (can you imagine a better EMD than booking.com?).

So, usually that can be done making the brand name the same of the domain name, hence including the tld .nl in the brand name. That can be obtained putting the domain name at the end like this: blah blah blah | vakantiehuizen-italie.nl

In the beginning of the Title tag you can put a semantic variation of the domain name... something like: Enjoy the best holidays in Italy... (being holidays a synonym of vacation, which is the first meaning of vakantienhuizen).

Said that, making your EMD a brand is not just a question of things like these ones of On Site SEO. You should try to create content or occasions that start people actively searching for your brand name (your domain) in association with your keywords (i.e.: trip to Italy, hotel in Rome...)

Related to the Class C ip question... it's all matter of not offering evident footprints to Google.

If you are linked from site in the same Class C IP, that maybe may mean that you are receiving links from a web ring. The same if you link out only to site in the same Class C IP... it seems you are creating a web ring with other sites.

And if the register of the domains is always the same, that is an even easier way to detect something sneaky

[TT_Vakantiehuizen]

Ok. Many thanks! I made two questions:

http://moz.com/community/q/what-emd-meta-title-should-we-use http://moz.com/community/q/is-linking-out-to-different-websites-with-the-same-c-block-ip-bad-for-seo

[KeriMorgret]

It is a bit of a difficult question, as there are several parts, and the sites are in a language many people in Q&A don't speak. You might want to ask question two as a separate question. Question one may be more appropriate for a paid consultation, though I'll see if anyone can contribute some advice on our end.

[TT_Vakantiehuizen]

I guess these questions are quite difficult..