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If a domain has a cool name, is its age a matter of concern?
Domain age having a big impact on SEO is a big myth among those new to SEO or who just don't do research as pointed out by Matt Cutts on many occasions. Age carries very little weight in it's rankings. Do a search and you will find this pointed out many times. Here's one:domain age is an important SEO factor for your Google ranking. Among the hundreds of weighting factors that Google considers in determining how to rank search engine results is the age of your domain — in other words, how long that domain has been around.
Domain age having a big impact on SEO is a big myth among those new to SEO
True.I blows my that old information still carries weight even years after it no longer applies.
I could go into a long explanation about this, but instead I will make it short and sweet.
Age, like many factors may be part of the SEO equation, but in the big picture does not count for much these days with Google.
So what matters?
A website that is clearly trying to provide real, helpful, relevant, and current information on a subject, and has links from other sites (back-links) that are real and from high quality sites in the same category or somehow related to the site's subject matter.
In short, a high quality site with great "authority" on a subject, and links from other sites with the same attributes.
Many other factors may count, but only make up a tiny fraction of the whole picture.
You can be proactive with your best domains by adding 5+ years to their registration, I think it can counteract the lack of age, somewhat.
I'm personally concerned about perception of value, especially to a buyer who is going to spend $5k (hopefully) to acquire your best name. The SEO factor is purely driven by how valuable the content is to your audience. Seeing an expiration date of 2020 does have a visual impact to some extent.
Most end users only care if the domain relates strongly to their business or purpose.
If they really want the name, age is irrelevant to them.
Age does matters, remember you can buy anything but not history. Age of a domain speaks the truth about that domains valuation
This is very true and this matters way more than the age of a domain as far as SEO rankings. If someone was to buy an aged domain then slap up a bunch of spam on it, that doesn't mean it's going to rank well just because it's an older domain. Length of registration is a stronger ranking factor because it shows the SE's that you are serious about sticking around and not some fly by night spam site.A website that is clearly trying to provide real, helpful, relevant, and current information on a subject, and has links from other sites (back-links) that are real and from high quality sites in the same category or somehow related to the site's subject matter.
I agree with this. Although the age doesn't directly make a $x,xxx domain into a $xx,xxx domain, it's reassuring in a way to own something that someone else over a decade ago saw value in as well.I look at it as "domain equity" - a secondary confirmation of it's value by maintaining someone's monetary attention for X years.
Very good points! Some people and businesses that are new or are not well versed in domains can think age adds value.For those that don't understand domain age works, like most businesses, an aged domain gives off the feel of valued long-term possession - therefore inherently giving the domain name more value.
But truly, a domain is all in the name.
That's very true. You can do research and check many of these things, but you never really know the whole truth.you don't know what that domain has been up to before.. Could be on spam lists etc.