how do you tell if a domain name has been used for evil?

[loverman]

I have my eye on a couple of domains BUT I've recently read about the sometime previous bad life of domains.

How do you tell / Where can you go to find out if a domain name has been banned by google, used for spamming etc, etc

[unlim_hosting]

http://wiki.aa419.org/index.php/Main_Page is the link which may help you :)
Good luck,
DAMnX.us

[SamOwen]

You could try to view an archive of it at archive.org .

[GreenGambler]

Archive.org gives an archive of the site.

Also make sure to do a Google search for the sitename.com.

That is a start.

[loverman]

I've searched archive.org and google.com and there are no matches for the domain I'm looking at - does this mean it's in the clear? Is there a definitive list somewhere of banned/suspect domains?

[GreenGambler]

If you search you names here:

http://whois.domaintools.com

Under "server data" you will see a "black list status" field. That might be a tell for you too. That's about all I got, hope it helps.

[SlickDomains]

I check Archive.org, also do a "site: domainurl.com" and "link: domainurl.com"

If nothing shows up, it either means it was banned by Google, or the previous owner never used/developed it. It might have just been parked, etc.

I don't believe there is any way to tell for sure, but using those methods should help a lot.

[save]

enter url:domainname into google and if something comes up then google has not banned it, if nothing comes up it is either banned or just has not been indexed yet.

[Deathbyalfonzo]

Yea, I googled the domain i was looking at to buy and it had been registered before, but it wasnt ever put into good use as I have it now

[loverman]

Thanks for the replies. Very informative.

IF a domain is blacklisted in google is it blacklisted in yahoo/msn etc as well?