Register your domain for 100 years?

Just got a newsletter from a webhosting company. Usually I dont read those, but this time my eye went over it, and noticed the word Google. They claimed that Google is ranking sites higher that are registered for longer terms.

They said this:
How to be found in Google (new rules)
COMBELL recenly found out Google has started using this patent. Google is continuously working on the improvement of its search results in order to obtain a higher ranking for the most relevant and correct websites. In order to obtain this, Google will from now on take the following into account:

According to Google, valuable domain names are mostly registered for many years in advance, while unimportant/temporary/transit pages are registered for only one year.

http://www.combell.com/nf_nieuwsbrief/nieuwsbrief_juli_en.htm

Their source:
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...&s1=20050071741&OS=20050071741&RS=20050071741


Bullshit or new discovered valuable material?

 

I'm basing long-term work on that assumption also.

 

So you think its true? I thought it was just their way of advertising. Of course the webhosting company wants you to sign for years.

 

No, I have read it in a few places. Not sure about the 100 year part. 2 years should/will/would/is better than 1 year registration.

 

I don't think it would be 100 years. Logically the internet won't exist in this form in 100 years time, so the site wouldn't exist either. Unless luck favours the company and they are able to adapt and stay afloat on the net as it changes...

What would be a reasonable max time period to hire a domain? 5 years?

 

i've read something similiar

 

IMO its better to register for next 3 years. and if you are firm on making a good website, than u can register it for 5 years.
and the news is true, as google has filed this in their recent releases to some authorities.

 

The way internet is changing, I would say three years should be good. In my opinion Google is trying to scare the webmasters who are not determined and serious enough about their online business which in a way is good for serious webmasters.

 

Well in my view its only good for domain registry and hosting companies. :/

 

The best sites I have regestered for 10 years, which gave me credibility when it comes to TradeMarking of sites name.

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10 years is the maximum time your can register a domain for. According to the ICANN rules. So registering for 100 years is not an option

 

Guys I know 100 years was hypothetical. Nobody would even ever want that. It was just to know.

What about Dutch domains? They are registrated for 3 months. After that they get automaticly renewed for 3 months.. Until somebody cancels them. They are less strong than a .com?

 

I think 5 years can be ok as this point is def, there in the G algo

 

Many country-code domains can't be registered for ten years (as in Dirkjans example). .CO.UK domains may only be registered in two year chunks as far as I'm aware. If Google were to factor how long .COM, .NET etc are registered for into their SERP equations - it would be difficult for them to give a value for .NL, .UK etc domains. Would they equal a one-year domain or a ten-year domain?

 

I was unaware of this dimension to SERPs positioning, so thanks to Dirkjan for bringing it up.

A while ago, I was looking at a Fidelity-owned domain name that was registered, I thought (notwithstanding kjewat's comments), for 12 years; and wondered then why they bothered to register it for that long.

From G's perspective, it should be easy enough to level the inter-national TLD playing field, if it does indeed give weight in its algo to "commitment" on the part of the website owner, by some simple declaration along the lines of
If reg period = min, then 0 points; If reg period > min x 3, then +2 points, ....or something along those lines.

GOOG's own site?
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 03-oct-2002
Creation Date: 15-sep-1997
Expiration Date: 14-sep-2011

 

it cant be real...

 

Lol at comments like that. Thats what I thought, but at least I explained why I thought it. Please let us know why it can NOT be real