Google and Addon Domains



It's all about the links - as long as you don't build links to the alternate URL you're absolutely fine. Virtually every cpanel website has an alternate URL.
 
No problem at all, as mentioned dont link to the subdomains and they wont be found.
You can add a simple php redirect onto the site that checks the domain and redirects if you are particularly paranoid

Code:
$website = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
if $website != maindoman.com
do something

Alternativly, dont actually host your main domain on that account.
EG your main domain is actually hosted elsewhere, so the addon domains subdomains (addon1.maindomain.com) will never work, because maindomain.com is on another server.
 
Hi Guys,

I'm new here, have been worrying about this same problem as well.

Here's what host gator says (according to THIS): "The subdomain name and the primarydomain/subfolder name will not be seen by the search engines, unless you link to it."

I think that pretty much answers the question, and I feel a lot better about it now. Obviously I will keep an eye on it but I'll take their word for it for now.

Also, I think l3msip's advice is good, if I was really that worried, the easiest solution would be to simply not host the main domain with hostgator, that way any sub.maindoman.com or maindomain.com/sub would simply not exist. (although you of course still list your main.com with hostgator as your main domain).

Cheers guys, looking forward to being around here a bit more.

SJ.
 
Oh yah... make sure you read this too (from the same link as above^)

It's easy to make sure you don't purposefully link to those names, but what could cause someone to inadvertently link to these names?
If your public_html has no index page available AND indexing has not been disabled, then you need to check what your primary domain's website looks like. If it has a directory listing, also known as an "Index of page", then you are inadvertently making each file and folder name into a publicly available link. As soon as Google looks at your primary domain, it has all of those links.


Basically, make sure your maindomain.com is not just indexing your folders, turn indexing off, or make sure there is a webpage (index.html) there.