Need to create (almost) identical site on new URL

[Karma]

We have a requirement to create a new version of our .co.uk shopping website on a new URL (.ie)

This new domain will point to the same code/server etc, and will be an almost exact copy of .co.uk website apart the logo and prices.

I can't get in to the details of why we're doing it this way, but it 'has' to happen all the same.

What is the best way of doing this? I don't want any duplicate content penalties or the new .ie site 'over taking' our co.uk website. Any thoughts or tips?

[goodroi]

if you don't care about the .ie website appearing in google just use robots.txt to block the new duplicate site. also add a canonical tag on every page just to be redundant.

if you want the .ie website to rank in the search engine you have a big problem since you say its an almost exact copy of the existing site. google does not want multiple copies of the same content. you'll need to find a way to add value and make the .ie site unique if you want it to get into google serps.

[fahad direct]

If you want to use same server better to use a dedicated IP and make the contents unique.