Expired Domains

[Vgescape]

Hi, I'm new to domains. I just noticed some random domains in my niches of entertainment content sites that have expired and some of these have PR of 1, 2, 3, or 4.

how come people don't pick these up more? First I thought I landed a gold mine, being able to register new domains with PR already and probably some backlinks as well.

Then I got a bit scared because this isn't talked about more or isn't done more. How come? Isn't it worth it to get a domain that already has PR. If it is a .info you can register it for 2 bucks then! Otherwise, still, 7 dollars for a PR domain seems really good to me.

 

[npkp0]

I dont think you can grab them.Because in most cases it will be picked by pool or snapname or other people.If you could,thats miracle.may be if u need those names you will have to bid with them,no point in keep watching expired domain names imho.

 

[Vgescape]

No I mean I found them in expired list places. Like no PR 4's yet, but I've heard about them.

I found three PR 1's and one PR 2/3 each. But I spent quite a few hours going through expired lists like pcnames, etc.

And I also found out two of my domains ps3-talk and gamers-market both expired and are available. I forgot about them and just re-registered. Both PR 3.

 

[dotnom]

PR is very fragile especially with expired domains
Dmoz for example has a bot to exclude expired domains from the directory
In Google may stay longer but certainly you must research the domain a lot more to see it has at least some traffic. Incoming links will give you some visits even if the PR drops (even from google dance)

 

[Vgescape]

I see, can PR drop before the PR update timings? Because since the PR updat happened in the past month, I don't expect one until October or so.

Or can PR be dropped from expired domains at any time (if it was not faked)?