At a recent SES Conference, one webmaster asked to have his website reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of:

1. Greg Boser
2. Tim Mayer
3. Danny Sullivan
4. Todd Friesen
5. Jake Baillie
6. Matt Cutts

This webmaster asked to have a website which was related to real-estate licensing to be reviewed by the panel members. In a minute or so, Matt Cutts had found over 50 other domain names which were related to teaching Spanish and Military Training. Matt Cutts had his laptop hidden from the other panel members and made sure the camera couldn't see which tool he was using.

Most people would ask the the obvious question the webmaster asked "What does my other domain names have to do with the quality score of this domain name?" and that's what all other SES members asked as well.

This little clue might give other SEO's a hint on why Google became their own Domain Name Registrar. Googe would not be able to view every other domain which is registered by a user, but if those domains are registered through their partners like GoDaddy, Google can easily take a glance at other domain names owned by a webmaster.

Now this would cause a good amount of controversy over the topic of whether you should cut down on the excess amount of domain names in your account so that one website can flourish.

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