Check To See If Website Is Banned In Google - Shows PR0

[bad_bob00]

Hi there,

I was thinking of buying a new domain. I randomly typed in the address in a domain checker and it says it is available. When I go to the URL it says Page Cannot Be Displayed but it shows the page rank as being 0 (no grey bar).
However when I do the usual searches in google (link:, info:, etc) these all bring back no results.

I've used the Internet Way Back Machine and this has around 5 links from about 2005 but when I click these links it can't display the pages (for some reason).

Does it sound like the domain is banned in Google?


Thanks for any help.

[alex_d1]

It is possible that the name was previously used for something, was then dropped, and you have the chance to pick it up ( even with a PR of 0 ). If you can't seem to find any history of a site for the domain, then I am not sure if that would mean it is banned by Google.

As for the wayback machine - I have seen many such incidents where you see the links for a domain, but when you click on them, you dont see anything.

[bad_bob00]

Do you think that because it shows as PR 0, it is quite likely that it isn't banned by google? Don't google normally grey out the PR box when showing a site that is banned in google?

Thanks for your help alex_d1