Is 'Site Age' really so Strong for SERP?

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  1. pcz

    pcz Well-Known Member

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    #41
    sadly or luckily it is important. This is why I recently bought a 6 year old domain
     
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  2. SEOibiza

    SEOibiza Peon

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    #42
    cheers. in case anyone's wondering, I only respond to questions on here that I know the answers to.

    and the way I know this isn't very important in the grand scheme of things is because we outrank older sites with younger sites, for a living, all day long ;)

    everybody here trotting out the same old cliched answers without reading the whole thread ought to go away and do some testing.

    and by testing that doesnt mean put a new site live, complain that it doesnt outrank the older sites, then conveniently blame it on domain age.

    it IS possible to outrank older sites with brand new ones if you have the know how and the resources.
     
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  3. SEO_WatchDog

    SEO_WatchDog Well-Known Member

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    #43
    Well, if it is that young - we are certainly talking Google sandbox filter. Just wait a bit...
     
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  4. Earnest01

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    #44
    The stats do not prove anything at all. The only thing they are indicative of is that your traffic increases over time - fair enough, more people are able to find it.

    Domain age is not an important factor, and I wish people would stop parroting what is being spun around and around.
     
    Earnest01, Jul 28, 2009 IP
  5. SEOibiza

    SEOibiza Peon

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    #45
    there would be nothing left on DP if that happened.
     
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  6. David Brent

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    #46
    The simplest way to put it is:
    If you have two identical sites and one is older than the other then it will be better ranked.

    But, before getting depressed with owning a brand new site take a look at your keyword competition.
    I have found in my field that the best ranked are the oldest but many which rank above me are younger which tells me they have better seo guys :(
     
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  7. SpyrosPan

    SpyrosPan Peon

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    #47
    Yes site age plays a great role. However, it could also be that the other website has purchased google adwords campaign and therefore gets a big boost on SERP.
     
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  8. dirsky

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    #48
    i don't think it is the most important factor in SERP.quality content is obviosly the main factor.
     
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  9. brian65

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    #49
    Domain age is a big factor. Hitting one year old seems to make quite a difference to my sites.
     
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  10. UFOEvolution

    UFOEvolution Peon

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    #50
    I was wondering this too.
     
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  11. luizeba

    luizeba Active Member

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    #51
    Top 10 Positive Factors

    1-Keyword Use in Title Tag
    2-Anchor Text of Inbound Link
    3-Global Link Popularity of Site
    4-Age of Site

    http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors

    I think these strong SEO guys know a lot of...SEO o.o
     
    luizeba, Jul 28, 2009 IP
  12. Rblakney

    Rblakney Peon

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    #52
    I saw a significant jump in my SERP once some of my pages had their first birthday. I have heard the next big one comes at 2, and then at 5... but that may just be a rumor. We will have to see.
     
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  13. luizeba

    luizeba Active Member

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    #53
    Hum...good to know it...

    Just to have an idea, can you give an example?
    E.G: "I was in position 11, and went to 2"...
     
    luizeba, Jul 28, 2009 IP
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