Buying an established website / changing whois

[docholiday]

We're currently looking into purchasing a complete website, domain and all, with tons of quality incoming links, and is currently ranking well in the search engines for many related keywords.

My question is this:

Since the WhoIs information will be changing hands from them to us, and we already have a site that is very similar in nature (but we won't redirect, they will stay seperate money-makers) that will then have the same whois information as the new site we purchase, will this make any difference whatsoever in search engines?

I am assuming the problem may come from Google, but didn't know of others also may follow? Or if this even matters at all?

[cyanide]

If that's a concern for you and personally, I don't believe it should be.

You could always privatize the registration. Most registrars have this option. Doesn't cost much either

[Webmaster-Designs Inc.]

Originally Posted by docholiday

Since the WhoIs information will be changing hands from them to us, and we already have a site that is very similar in nature (but we won't redirect, they will stay seperate money-makers) that will then have the same whois information as the new site we purchase, will this make any difference whatsoever in search engines?

I am assuming the problem may come from Google, but didn't know of others also may follow? Or if this even matters at all?

I don't believe it will. The main thing is to not change key page's title's. Page content change is good but page title changes give most search bots fits for some reason.