Today I’ve been looking at some domains in the Godaddy Auctions and they are old and crusty. 12 and 13 years old! They’re currently classed as ‘closeouts’ which means you can buy them for $9 right now. No bidding, this is a ‘buy it now’ auction like ebay. Why bother with old domains? Because age is a big factor in search rankings. Google treats new domains with suspicion and old domains with trust. This means that if you grab an old domain, re-build the old site (archive.org) and then change the content once the site has re-ranked. This is my usual strategy. I’ve also had look just buying domains and building sites on them or – buying relevant domains to my niche then 301 redirecting it to a new site. All that link juice can then flow to my website. The domain list and more at.... http://savednames.com/2010/11/antique-domains-12-years-old-at-godaddy/
I would have grabbed better domains if I was back in 1997... In 1997, I was just a kid without a computer and my mind was into retro video games. I can't believe they keep those horrible domains for so long!
Me neither, coz most of them wouldnt spell legit. Even i was a kid attending school and fancied playing games on a PC -S
The idea of buying old domains is sound how ever finding quality domains is going to be one heck of a hunt. Anyone thinking of trying it should go for it that one domain would really give you the edge if you have big plans for it.
In my own experience, it's not worth buying old domains or page-ranked domains just because. All their background is useless unless you are in a similar niche than the former owner and pagerank disappears after the following Google update, but agree with Malrook, only with a well-defined plan and marketing strategy you could bet some benefit from buying such kind of domains.
That's why I still not sure to buying page-ranked domains. I affraid before doing or prepare it well, google PR update, and the PR is drop
Well done, you've made a great job... suppose it can be very useful information for webmasters. Steady so!