Question is, for the google experts, we all know that the age of a site is a factor in the google ranking. However, does it look at the age of the domain, or the age of the site in its index. Basically im trying to choose between a new domain, or purchasing an older, undeveloped one (which is not in the google index since its not developed, its just a netsol landing page). Any ideas? Shawn
Hi , just my two cents ... Its the domain age that matters.. Have a read here http://www.linkbuildingblog.com/2005/10/google_loves_se.html Not mine but worth a read! Cheers
i read the article, its informative, but still, the article states that the domains are indexed. the domain im looking at buying was registered but never used, thus not indexed by anything and most likely there are no backlinks to it. so... does google look at domain age or the age in its index? which in this case is 0 days!
Domain age does matter. First, it matters in that I think the formula does give extra weight to older domains. Second, I think that links into the website are not fully weighted immediatly, but grow over time. Third, new websites appear to be sandboxed in some cases. Buying website that already has content similar to what you want to publish will help with these. Buying an unrelated website will help to a lesser degree.
Its not just the domain, but its also the age of the links and the age of the site where your links are on. There is a trust factor here, and age is a huge part of that. My advice... buy an old domain that has backlinks from ugly web1.0 looking pages. (you'll have an old domain with old links...)
yes, i would completly understand if the domain was developed and indexed, but its not, its just a domain that is registered and never used. so the question, again, is A vs B A - a 2 year old domain never registered, no baclinks B - a brand new 0 days old domain, no baclinks Which is a better option?
In this case of A and B, my guess would be A doesn't have a significant advantage. I picked up a site a few years back that had great content and great links in ("Macromedia Site of the Day" link, authority links, etc) and a PR of 6. I have done very little with it in 3 years and it still has a PR6 and has top SERP listing for its two keywords. I have new sites with good content and good SEO work yet I get little organic traffic and PR is 5. If the domain names are equally memorable, both are .com, and if other aspects of the name itself are equal then go with the older but don't expect a whole lot more from it.
from my experience, it's age of the domain in google. I try to buy trusted domains and get rid of the sandbox all-together. it works. I don't buy domains with nothing on them. I don't buy domains that I don't think have been in google. I generally don't buy from sedo, sitepoint, etc-- they're overpriced. find a niche you're interested in and approach random websites that look like they haven't been touched in ages and aren't monetized, or aren't monetized much. these don't go for much, and they can be of an absolutely huge value. ideally, you should try to get domains before the sandbox even existed. that's the most surefire way to get around it.
Whats is the difference in that ? Because when I say I have a domain which never was shown anywhere on the net.. is as good as a new domain that is yet to be registered. It is backlinks or Search engine submission that will make search engines aware that there is a domain to be indexed.. But I heard that there is a policy now adapted by Google that every domain registered be under its list of new domains to be cached.. (not sure though)
that is most certainly not the case. it's not as simple as you register a domain, it shows up in google. there are a number of ways google uses to find out about your site, potentially: 1) incoming links 2) your sitemap in google webmaster tools 3) people browsing the page with the google toolbar of those, the first is, and always has been, the most reliable. if you want to get an educated guess as to how long a site/domain has been around as an established site, and not just a registered domain, check it out on archive.org.