texguy - 6:03 am on Oct 5, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hmm...if there's a risk as SEOMike suggests, then I'll need to re-think my cobranding business model. If I "noindex" the "skinned" versions, then aside from brand recognition (not a bad thing in itself, of course) there really wouldn't be much inherent payoff to me to offer cobranding as an option, and I'd probably need to charge for it.

Part of the logic of offering free (albeit selective) cobranding would be to increase the site's footprint, but the cobranded versions would not be generating ad revenue, so they could in effect cannibalize my existing ad revenue if I'm not careful.