About google banning a site

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Diegan, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi!

    I am a little confused. I have read that if you do a search for site:www.example.com in google and nothing shows, it's because it must be banned.

    Is it true? which other way do I have for checking it?

    When I see people selling domains in the domain section, and I do a site:... search on google, and nothing shows, I get afraid maybe it's banned so I do not purchase.

    Also, when I see people selling aged domains and nothing shows on google, or in waybackmachine, I also do not buy.

    Am I doing the right thing, or are there better ways to know if that aged domain is banned or not?

    Thanks!
     
    Diegan, Mar 14, 2009 IP
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    Brand new or undeveloped websites don't show up in Google. Most domains for sale here don't come with a website, google doesn't index them because there's nothing to index.

    When you search for the domain name of a developed website that's been in service for several months/years and has traffic and they're not in google, that's when you should be concerned.
     
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  3. Diegan

    Diegan Active Member

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    And what if there's a domain that is aged, and at waybackmachine shows it had a website like 2 years ago but not on 2008-2009 and does not appear on google? Does it mean it got deindexed cause it has no content, or may it be banned?

    Also, what is the difference between buying a dropped and a non-dropped domain, that's aged?
     
    Diegan, Mar 14, 2009 IP
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    Yes, if Google can't find your website or the content (404) long enough it will fall off the face of the earth. I wouldn't be concerned about a site with no content for 2 years not showing up in Google.

    Do you mean like:
    Domain A: Regged in 1998, Dropped in 2001, Regged again in 2001
    Domain B: Regged in 2001

    Both 8 years old but 1 dropped before? I don't think there's any difference.

    If you mean like:
    Domain A: Regged in 1999 Dropped in 2009, Regged again in 2009
    Domain B: Regged in 1999, never dropped

    Then there's a big difference, a domain resets its "age" when it drops.
     
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    Diegan Active Member

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    So the only reason to buy an aged domain would be, if it was never dropped, or if somehow, although it's been a while since it was dropped, there are still a lot of backlinks, pointing to it, right?

    Buying a domain that was created in 2000, then other people took it at 2005, and and dropped it in 2006, would not be worthy.
     
    Diegan, Mar 14, 2009 IP