If you find that you have recently bought an expired domain name and are struggling to get your website into Googles index, then you need to submit a Reinclusion request. The correct process is as follows: Go to: http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py Select – "Other" > “None of the above†In the title of the form ensure you put "Reinclusion request for expired domain" Then write a quick explanation regarding being the new owner of the domain, including the domain URL. Once you have submitted the form, you should receive an auto response email offering you links to help pages, these obviously can't solve your problem, so you will need to reply to the auto response email and explain that you still need their help. Once you have replied to the auto response email, you will eventually receive an email informing you that your request has been forwarded to an engineer (If there is nothing you need to do yourself). This is the point that you know Google are on the case. You should find after a few days that you site begins the normal process of being included in the index. As long as you inform Google that you are the new owner of the domain, and you correctly submit a Reinclusion request, you should have no problems getting your site indexed into Google.
Good Info. And yes it will work because Google has certain policies with expired domains, we just have to follow the procedure.
Good info To add on, the new owner must also check for any possible violation of Google Webmaster Guidelines before submitting the reinclusion request
wow well explained this can be really useful for ppl who purchase expired domains and find their sites not showing up in google. does this also work if the site had been banned while the domain was with the previous owner?