Valuable old domains: Does Google 'see' the archives or whois info?

-Old domains have much more value because enough buyers believe older domains rank better in search engines.
-Let's start by assuming Google is actually checking domain age during the search proccess.
-To determine the age of the domain, does Google 'see' the archives or whois info?

In general, will a buyer recognize the value of an 'old' domain, if shown the archive records proving it was originally created in '1999' (for example)?

Or is there a 'penalty' for having let it expire, prior to 'revival' or renewal? (meaning people, and Google???, see 2004 on the current whois, and will refuse to accept it as a valuable 'old' domain, even if offered a chance to view the archives).

Thanks,
MGH

 

google is a registrar of domains now I believe, so I would think they have access to the whois information.

 

Old domains bring much more at auction, supposedly because Google makes them 'easier to find'.
If the current 'whois' says 2004, and the 'archives' records proves it was originally created in 1999, is the domain 'old and valuable' or '2004'?

Thanks.

 

Google will have their own records of domains and the cached files going back yearsr. They will have far more detail than archive.org

Its not the age of the domain its the time since it was first indexed in the search engines. If the domain was indexed for 2 years and then not indexed for a year and then it comes back into the index it will be treated as a new domain. Assuming it doesn't have and backlinks. Its the backlinks that are the key - old backlinks are like gold.

 

Your answer was helpful. Thanks

 

I agree, the age of the backlinks is a big player in the rankings. That's why I suggest getting your backlinks asap after you get your site up!

 

yes i think google have all info , when it is strated where it is reg and so on.even other search engines like yahoo also keep this info i think

 

Ok
I understand old backlinks are very valuable.
Does a dropped and re-registered 1999 domain value as (at auction) '1999' (the archives records) or '2004' (the current whois record)?

Thank you.

 

If it was dropped , then the " new " registered date would be the age of the domain ,

So for example if it was first bought in 1999 , then dropped and picked back up in 2004 , the age would be since 2004

 

I was hoping the opposite, but thanks.