>Hello
>
>I just purchased 20 new .infos at GoDaddy as they are having
>a .info sale for $.89.
>
>I usually like to register domains at Namecheap since they
>have free 'whois guard', but they charge a fee at GoDaddy
>for whois privacy.
>
>My question is: is it a good idea to use fake names and
>contacts for your whois info? Maybe using an email address
>that is forwarded to a catch-all email? If so, is it ok to
>use different whois info for every domain that's registered
>with the same registrar (GoDaddy in this case).

Hey Calvin,

Yes and no. You do have the legalities of using correct info for your domains. If your sole purpose of doing this is for SEO, you can get away with a lot just by changing text strings:

Calvin Smith
C. A. Smith
C. Smith

2121 Pine
2 1 2 1 Pine St
2121 Pine Street #000

Then use different emails. In the above, it's all legit info, but will pass a "dupe filter" used by the engines.

Also, if the domains are all hosted on the same service, your whois won't matter. Same for using the same affiliate ID numbers, etc.

Basically, it's 6 of one, a 1/2 dozen of the other...