Domain names are as much a tool to ranking a site as they are a tool of mass destruction. Imagine this, you work on getting great links for your site, say 500 really good links, google is pleased you are on the right track, then one day, google picks up on a link that sends red flags flying. A backlink off a Banned domain name, but it’s only one, so google lets you off. 2 days later another link then 5, then 25, then 200 backlinks all from different banned sites, then without even knowing it, your new online business has more incoming links from Banned sites than it does from authority/unbanned ones.This to google translates into one thing, your site is not worth shit, so you get banned. Why else would all these banned sites link to you, in googles eyes you must be crap like them too.

So how do evil competitors find these banned google sites if they’re not indexed? How do they slap links on there and get you into trouble? Several ways, one we’ll disclose here, as for the others, you can sift though our BlackHat SEO forums to find more ways.

So, we know banned names can’t be found by searching for them, the next best way is to find banned Spam email ID’s. For example the following (banned email lists are in the tens of thousands and you can find them online by running a search);

• @cashette.com
• @gawab.com
• @mail.ru
• @freestuffo2.com
• @freestuffo1.com
• @freestuffo3.com
• @freestuffo4.com
• @cash.com
• @tradedoubling.co.uk

Out of these, you can see right away, Cash.com is banned. Shoot the owner an email found in the whois for example, asking for a link exchange, and ask them to link to your competitors address. Place a link to them on your site (of less importance to you), it wont hurt you, but the link on the banned site will effect your competitors ranks in the serps, especially if you do a couple hundred of these. There you go, using domain names to mess with your competitors rankings or maybe get them banned.

See, this is how scum bags use domains against their competitors, some even buy up a couple dozen names, spam with them get them banned keep them updated and 301 redirect the sites to their competitors sites in an attempt to get them banned or at least to de-rank them and rise in the SERPs somewhat naturally.  It’s a dirty world out there, a dirty world!

NOTE: Always check names before you by them (not register, buy as running sites) to make sure google as not banned the site in question. Even though it’s not hard to unban a banned name, it’s a hassle, we’ll disclose how to go about unbanning any domain name within a week in a future post!