Do aged domains really work?

If the old domain ever spammed lots of sites and was punished by google, Google will not believe it overnight with new content.

 

I agree with mjwel. Site age keeps much importance as a point of ranking.

 

1. Aged domain have high value, especially in backlinks.

2. There are a few checklist before buying a used domain
- Make sure it is not penalized from google
- Check whether it is linking to any bad neighborhood.
- Check for any copyspace or content duplicate issues.
- Indexed pages on google
- Check google analytics for search engine referred traffic
- Check Genuine/Fake PR
- Check backlink and analysis from various providers
- Dropped domain?

Buying used domain is high risk compare to buying new domain.

 

yes it is possible, but there are only 40% chance of success, i have also experienced it once.

 

domain age does help, I have a competitor who does very little on his web page but remains very high in the rankings. I attribute this effect to the age of his website plus domain and to some trust ranking which he was given from google.

If it is worthwhile to buy a domain and change the content - I hardly think so - I mean Google is as a hoster capable of comparing the moment of the changing of the owner and the content.

 

Yes . Domain age has a role in seo. There are many old domain site that are not doing seo but has PR 5-6

 

domain age & content age are difficult 2 avoid ................... but v can minimize the negative effect of new websites..................

 

It depends on the domain. If it was in use as a website, and had quality backlinks, then that will help.

If it was simply registered but not used for a website, then it won't be any different to a domain you register today.

Also, even if you have backlinks, but you completely change the category of site, e.g. from a political blog to a online dating site, any previous backlinks may become worthless.

 

Well how do I' reviewing a few of these now - but the content is stripped out - so how do I check the archive of content and the quality of it.