Many would argue that the age of a domain has little or no impact of getting PR. I have alway thought it as a significant impact but I have now had it confirmed well and truly. I have links pages on a number of sites and sum of these have up to 100 outbound links and only up to 4 low pr inbound links. So if the PR juice is flowing out of these pages at a faster rate than its coming in then how can the PR increase other than from the domain ageing?
3 year old site, nearly 50,000 pages, most inbound links go to other pages beside home page, gets between 500-1000 google hits a day, zero PR: http://www.apopularitycontest.com/ Age hasn't helped this one. Not selling text links either.
Age of the domain names is not going to help boost their PR but their TrustRank and helping them getting out of the claimed Sand Box. As mentioned, it is possible finding low or zero PR sites which are several years old but the main point nowadays is having top rankings instead of that green bar anyway.
Yes, the age of s website (not only domain) could help in the trust rank. Specially if the site has stable content (do not means same content, but mean related content) all this years. If Google fights spammy sites, age can be a thing to keep in mind i guess.
I found my php site which is my oldest was the least sucessful in getting page rank compared to my html. Having heaps of hits won't alter PR but the important think is you are getting the traffic. Then one day it jumped to PR1 and then 3 months to PR2. Can't explain why this happens but I have around 15 html subpages that jumped to PR 1 withing 6 weeks of birth.
I think it's the age of the site not the domain matters, that's why when you buy an old domain and point it to a new site, google will just treat it as a new site, and all authority goes away. But yes, the age can help your rankings, not your PR. Anyway PR is not that important, low pr sites rank well too.
I can see a lot of aged sites still without PR or having a low PR. The first published algorithm on PR calculation does not include any age factor in it, but who knows if it changed now? However, I still believe that age does carry some value on SERP, but not PR.
it's not "King" it may know one of his servants though Google ** SEO design packages ** #1 & #2 site = 6 months old - PR3 domain #3 site = 18 months old - PR5 domain - top 30 for "SEO" #4 site = 2 & 1/2 years old - PR5 domain. top 10 for "SEO" #5 site = 2 & 1/2 years old - PR5 domain.
Well, www.xtremebb.com has been out since 2002. But, I just got it for my forum software last year. And I only got a PR1? Automaticly ??? But, PR1 isn't that good. Its just a head start !???
Domain age definitely makes a difference, but then again I never have a problem getting new sites and domains straight into the SERP's and rising, so its a funny one.
Did not know age is that important. Personal think how visitors like your site might be more important.