Aged domain and the DROP....

[putti]

hello,

I'm planning to buy an old domain for my website for faster Google indexing and better rankings, but I'm concerned about few factors:

If domain is 10 years old, and It's dropped 1 or more times, does it loose the aged domain value on googles eyes?

I'll use whois.domaintools.com to check the age and I've found pretty good domain which says:

Created: 2000-08-01
Domain Status: Registered And Active Website

and Registrar History says there has been few drops..

What I'm really concerned is those drops.. do they devalue the age of this domain? Does google see it as a new domain if I put a new website there?

thanks.

 

[Kate]

Check with the registry if you want to know the true creation date
VeriSign WHOIS - Domain Name Lookup from VeriSign, Inc.

Be aware that age alone is not going to make such a huge difference, it's a bonus.
I would pay more attention to existing SEO and backlinks for example.

 

[ssamriga]

Google (Matt Cutts) has stated that domain age has no effect on ranking... so I don't think you need to buy an old name if you're going to do seo anyways...

 

[JoshuaPz]

Google (Matt Cutts) has stated that domain age has no effect on ranking... so I don't think you need to buy an old name if you're going to do seo anyways...

This is correct, and several of my friends who work at Google have confirmed this fact (despite that they rarely reveal anything about Google's inner workings

 

[putti]

really?

How about the indexing? Does aged domain fasten up the indexing process when new pages are added?

thanks for the answers!

 

[HBK216]

I think it is incorrect to say it has no affect. While it is not the make or break of SEO factors, it does help in some ways. For quality ranking, you will need more than age, but it helps.

 

[Kate]

Let's say that an older domain will skip the sandbox period. But what matters is the history: has the domain been developed and SEOed in the past, does it have backlinks etc

 

[JoshuaPz]

Let's say that an older domain will skip the sandbox period. But what matters is the history: has the domain been developed and SEOed in the past, does it have backlinks etc

This is correct. Website age, backlinks, and the nature of the domain's usage history can positively affect search engine rankings. But these have nothing to do at all with whois age, which is what the OP is inquiring about. If a domain goes unused from 1987 to 2008 and then has a website built on it, it's no more likely at all to be ranked higher (or skip the sandbox phase, be indexed faster, etc.) than a different domain registered in 2008 with a website of equivalent SEO grade immediately built on it.

 

[HBK216]

This is correct. Website age, backlinks, and the nature of the domain's usage history can positively affect search engine rankings. But these have nothing to do at all with whois age, which is what the OP is inquiring about. If a domain goes unused from 1987 to 2008 and then has a website built on it, it's no more likely at all to be ranked higher (or skip the sandbox phase, be indexed faster, etc.) than a different domain registered in 2008 with a website of equivalent SEO grade immediately built on it.

People I know have stated otherwise. I take their word for it based on what I have been shown. A domain with age will have advantage over a new registration.

 

[JoshuaPz]

People I know have stated otherwise. I take their word for it based on what I have been shown. A domain with age will have advantage over a new registration.

I would take the word of Matt Cutts and other Google employees any day over that of a second-hand source.

Can you cite a specific example of two websites that are qualitatively identical except their whois ages differ, and the older one ranks higher?

There is also no logical reason for Google to rank a domain higher by sheer virtue of its whois age, as whois age adds no business or informational value, the two pillars that the Google algorithm tries to base its rankings on.

 

[Domagon]

Basically, spot on.

While it seems that Google uses Whois dates, it most likely is not. But rather, most every domain, even if it's never had anything on it, has likely been listed / referenced on another webpage(s) somewhere at some point - and thus has already entered Google's index; is aware of the domain.

This is correct. Website age, backlinks, and the nature of the domain's usage history can positively affect search engine rankings. But these have nothing to do at all with whois age, which is what the OP is inquiring about. If a domain goes unused from 1987 to 2008 and then has a website built on it, it's no more likely at all to be ranked higher (or skip the sandbox phase, be indexed faster, etc.) than a different domain registered in 2008 with a website of equivalent SEO grade immediately built on it.

 

[HBK216]

I would take the word of Matt Cutts and other Google employees any day over that of a second-hand source.

Can you cite a specific example of two websites that are qualitatively identical except their whois ages differ, and the older one ranks higher?

There is also no logical reason for Google to rank a domain higher by sheer virtue of its whois age, as whois age adds no business or informational value, the two pillars that the Google algorithm tries to base its rankings on.

No offense but you have no idea of who showed & discussed this with me. I also respect their wishes to privacy for different reasons & would never specifically name them. I don't need to validate what proof I was shown to you. You can go by your "logic" & I will go by the actual facts shown to me.