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Should you buy a domain that has been dropped?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by TOMCCO, Apr 30, 2010.

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    I am looking to buy aged domain with a PR and some traffic should I consider ones that have been dropped at some point in their history or avoid them like the plague? Would also appreciate a reason why! Thanks
     
    TOMCCO, Apr 30, 2010 IP
  2. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    Unless the domain has been banned from search engines, it's perfectly fine. Just note that some of them may have many backlinks that are helping them rank for a term you're not interested in for that domain, which will be a nightmare of an SEO job for you to fix.
     
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    TOMCCO Peon

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    Thanks for that Pixelrage, just one more question though - how would I know if the domain has been banned?
     
    TOMCCO, Apr 30, 2010 IP
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    Pixelrage Peon

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    Try a site search - go to Google and type in:

    site:www.sitename.com

    ...if nothing shows up, then the site has probably been banned (assuming it was indexed in the past). It's too much effort to get a site re-included in most cases and I personally wouldn't bother with a banned domain, unless it was a premium one.
     
    Pixelrage, Apr 30, 2010 IP
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    Fill your domain with unique articles and develepopt it again..
     
    michael77, Apr 30, 2010 IP
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    mixing Well-Known Member

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    If you can buy it in auction before it actually drops (tdnam/snapnames) then I would say all is good and nothing should happen to the PR. If it actually drops where it loses its previous registration date then you may wanna be careful - it may lose its PR.
     
    mixing, Apr 30, 2010 IP
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    Hello, we met again.

    Dropped d0main will get little disadvantages, but if u want aged and pagerank d0mains, I gave u all that had been checked clearly with good backlink, n0 google banned, and also great name.
     
    engkoh, May 1, 2010 IP
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    I think that you don`t have any advantages using such a domain. The PR drops anyway if you change the content. It`s not the domain name that ranks but the domain name and the content.
     
    georgu, May 1, 2010 IP
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    @georgu: thanks for your advise. . In seo side, I see that dropped d0main will get lower priority than aged and d0main with high pr. We'll see the results if we try. I tried that new d0main will get quick indexed, and also great keyword will give great SERP. Thx.
     
    engkoh, May 1, 2010 IP
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    Hi engkoh,

    I was very pleased with your helpful service, I posted this thread as I had noticed in the buy/sell Domain forum that people would withdraw their offers on domains when they found out that they had been dropped - so, I wondered why and what other peoples take was on this. Will be in touch soon.
     
    TOMCCO, May 1, 2010 IP
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    TOMCCO Peon

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    Thanks again Pixelrage

    I lied I have another question for you - When buying an aged domain - how do I find out what keywords are associated with its backlinks?
     
    TOMCCO, May 1, 2010 IP
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    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    Meaning the anchor text of the backlinks?

    Use something like backlinkwatch.com
     
    gr8liverpoolfan, May 1, 2010 IP
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    TOMCCO Peon

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    Thanks gr8liverpoolfan, that was very useful.
     
    TOMCCO, May 2, 2010 IP
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    CanSpace Well-Known Member

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    Generally speaking a dropped domain can only help. You take advantage of any backlinks they may have already built up.
     
    CanSpace, May 4, 2010 IP