Why do buyers pay more for 5, 10, 15 year old domains.

If there is no traffic, or high spot in Goo, why do buyers think older domains are worth more?

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Because its believed that SEs give older domains more weight.

 

because there is a saying "old is gold" j/k

 

OK
Wish I'd done more back then.
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yup, well said.

 

Older domains are always preferred in rankings by SEs.

 

Are most dot coms pre-2000 old enough to be old? Many were registered in 1999, and that's the year I'm asking about.
Also, does anyone know if a 1999 domain goes ('not-renewed' then) unclaimed in 2003, and registered 5 months later will the official creation date be 1999 or 2003?

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If the domain was originally registered in 1999 and then it was expired in 2003 and renewed again, then the domain looses its age and thus the advantage.

To answer your first question, the older the better, 1999 domain is decent enough, 1996 domain is great. First domain was registered in 1985.

Source: thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com (something like that)

 

yup, very nice list...!! Age of a domain is something search engines know webmaster can NOT control. Therefore.....

 

i have a 6 close to 7 year domain, its pr 4

 

age could also give reputation
like 50 year old company
so here 5-10 yr old domain

 

Not just a myth....

 

Google sandbox is the main reason why ppl are buying old domains. After all, the sandbox effect work's on new sites/domains only and its true.

 

'cause some of these domains are short and valuable

 

I had a max xxxx figure for buying a 2001 old domain name which was a .COM of my active site in signature

 

Old domain is important, old backlinks are just as important if the domain is in a genre that you wish to work in, if the domain is 10yrs old and has relative backlinks that are 1-10 years old then it is gold dust.

 

i seriously agree what that.

 

Does the Trust rank of old domain work well also for subdomains of this old domain?

 

i agree they are really worth , have experienced myself, my sites top in goog searches.

 

wow 1985 never knew they dated back that far