Exact Copy of website

[OnlineAssetPartners]

We have a client who has the exact copy of his site twice (so three identical sites) in a com.au , .com .co.uk

all the sites seem to be the same, cached at different times by Google- ranking is ok on main site which we are working on....Any thoughts?

[BlueprintMarketing]

It is okay to have identical content as long as Google is informed that you are targeting different markets. For instance it would be fine if I am targeting with Google Webmaster tools the United States and using a .com I could than run the same content on a .co.uk in the United Kingdom the same goes for Australia with .co.au running

Here is some more information

http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/19032/can-duplicate-content-on-a-com-and-a-co-uk-site-impact-google-ranking

I hope I have been of help,

Thomas

[David_ODonnell]

You might want to get some rel="alternate" hreflang="x" attribution on those different domains to be safe. Especially if you are (you should be) using localised spelling for each country.

See: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

From above link, scenario where rel="alternate" hreflang="x" is recommended:

"Your pages have broadly similar content within a single language, but the content has small regional variations. For example, you might have English-language content targeted at readers in the US, GB, and Ireland."