What is the use of old domain names?

[bizbj]

Hi,

I often found some one want to buy some old domain names which regged before many years and never dropped,even they are junk names.

I can understand why they need these old names??????

Is there any one can give me an answer?

Thank you in advance.

Bean

 

[mole]

I often found some one want to buy some old domain names which regged before many years and never dropped,even they are junk names.

Some people think that domain names are like wine, the older the better the vintage.

In actuality, domain names that are old have more baggage, are more tarnished with bad business models like pets.com, or PPC farms.

As the Internet grows and blossoms with new, more relevant addresses, being "old" can actually be a liability, imho.

 

[paxton]

Search engines such as Google use many tools to distinguish between good and bad websites. Older domains may be deemed valuable because they would be considered "legitimate" in the eyes of Google.

Google even was awarded a patent this year where it is discussed how they can rank websites in their lisitngs based on the "legitimacy" of domains. Interesting reading: Link

So the SEO angle may be may be one obvious reason people would be interested in older domains.

 

[mole]

While that may have been in Google's wish-list of things that go bump in the night, it doesn't seem to bear any fruit from the domaining point of view. Just because your domain was registered in 1995 and is renewed till 2015, it won't increase page rank one iota.

 

[bizbj]

Search engines such as Google use many tools to distinguish between good and bad websites. Older domains may be deemed valuable because they would be considered "legitimate" in the eyes of Google.

Google even was awarded a patent this year where it is discussed how they can rank websites in their lisitngs based on the "legitimacy" of domains. Interesting reading: Link

So the SEO angle may be may be one obvious reason people would be interested in older domains.

I agree with you,I feel maybe this is the root cause.

 

[dev99]

Hi
I agree with paxton about sites be legitimate.

 

[oliciv]

Just because your domain was registered in 1995 and is renewed till 2015, it won't increase page rank one iota.

PR isn't the only thing Google uses to rank your site :lol:

 

[The Engineer]

Also it is thought that google operates a "sandbox" policy in which "new" domains will not be listed no matter what, untill a certain time has passed. This period is thought to be anything from 3 to 6 months.

 

[gazzip]

Also it is thought that google operates a "sandbox" policy in which "new" domains will not be listed no matter what, untill a certain time has passed. This period is thought to be anything from 3 to 6 months.

Yeah, Google seems slower than it used to be to get listed, MSN does it a few days usually

 

[labrocca]

While that may have been in Google's wish-list of things that go bump in the night, it doesn't seem to bear any fruit from the domaining point of view. Just because your domain was registered in 1995 and is renewed till 2015, it won't increase page rank one iota.

I disagree. Also PR is a based on links. PR != SERP rank although there may be some relation...that same relation seemingly exists with a domain age and registration time. It's part of Googles patent so that should be obvious as a possibility.

 

[weblaunch]

It has been my experience that the age of a domain name is one of the most important factors in search ranking, at least in Google. Newer sites are subject to the sandbox effect before they get decent ranks.

 

[dongan]

SE loves older domains a lot. they trust the age of the domain.