Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them

Jayski32 · 09-16-2011, 06:38 AM

I recently bought an 11 year old domain off of the godaddy auction list. It was a low PR domain (PR1). I have since redirected it to my money site which is about 7 months old. What effect if any do you think this will have?

massivemarketing · 09-16-2011, 07:53 AM

A lot. The majority of link juice will be passed forwards to your main site. This includes page rank, anchor text backlinks and any penalties it may have. It won't pass 100% of it as some will be buffered out.

A lot of people purposely purchase age domains with a certain link profile. So for example if I wanted to rank a site to do with dog training, I purchase an aged domain with high PR editorial links with relevant anchor text, in this case dog training and my site gets ranked higher for it.

If it doesn't have a similar link profile, you are better of installing link juice keeper and integrating the site into your high pr network.

Jayski32 · 09-16-2011, 11:53 AM

The site didn't have any backlinks but the domain name was highly relevant to my site and it was 11 years old. i bought it for the age. Will this "age" my current site?

GlobalTrader · 09-16-2011, 03:35 PM

For your sake I hope it does but from years of experience and having purchased approximately 15 expires with Yahoo directory listings and many links earlier this year after Panda decimated our 12 year old authority site I can tell you that what once would almost immediately show a bounce in the SERPs now doesn't even register a blip.

Jayski32 · 09-16-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GlobalTrader

For your sake I hope it does but from years of experience and having purchased approximately 15 expires with Yahoo directory listings and many links earlier this year after Panda decimated our 12 year old authority site I can tell you that what once would almost immediately show a bounce in the SERPs now doesn't even register a blip.

Thanks for your reply Global. Quick follow up - So if I don't see any movement in a week or two I should safely assume that it did not help correct?

GlobalTrader · 09-16-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jayski32

Thanks for your reply Global. Quick follow up - So if I don't see any movement in a week or two I should safely assume that it did not help correct?

I "used" to see changes that quickly but sometimes it took maybe up to a month but usually not longer. Most of the time it was within two weeks until Panda reared it's ugly little head.

cmw333 · 11-22-2011, 09:41 AM

I need some help. I recently purchased a PR2 aged domain which I have in my godaddy account, not by choice mind you because that stupid company wont allow me to transfer it to namecheap until after 60 days. Some policy they have.

I know how to do a 301 direct but im not quite sutre if I need to point the nameservers to the same hosting as where i have the site I want to rediect or would i need to set up a seperate hosting account. I know I would definintely do that if I was planning on setting up a pr network but not sure if its the same case for 301 redirect.

thanks in advance for your help

Mike Anthony · 11-22-2011, 09:53 AM

With no links the redirect will not do much. It probably won't even be a PR1 at the next update unless links you can't see are sticking. Once you get to be over a year or two years old the age of a site does not matter much.

Good news is at a PR1 you didn''t pay much for it. Unfortunately there are a few people selling WSOs related to aged domains now that are not telling people everything they need to know. You can lost a lot of money that way.

InTheMaking · 11-22-2011, 10:02 AM

I've always thought that once a domain expires, the domain age expires also. No one else thinks this way? :/

Mike Anthony · 11-22-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by InTheMaking

I've always thought that once a domain expires, the domain age expires also. No one else thinks this way? :/

When you buy an expiring aged domain it does not expire. Its renewed under a different name.

InTheMaking · 11-22-2011, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

When you buy an expiring aged domain it does not expire. Its renewed under a different name.

right, I thought when it goes through Godaddy Auctions they've already expired. Makes sense.

DeskCoder · 11-22-2011, 04:29 PM

So should you just 301 the domain to your home page, or should you create all the old pages from archive.org?

I got an expired PR1 domain with about 2300 pages ... should I recreate all these pages, or should I just redirect all of them to my new home page?

Mike Anthony · 11-22-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DeskCoder

I got an expired PR1 domain with about 2300 pages ... should I recreate all these pages, or should I just redirect all of them to my new home page?

Nope - do a site:domain.com search on Google with SEOquake installed and find out what pages have PR.

09-16-2011, 06:38 AM	#1
Jayski32 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 18 Thanks: 9 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them I recently bought an 11 year old domain off of the godaddy auction list. It was a low PR domain (PR1). I have since redirected it to my money site which is about 7 months old. What effect if any do you think this will have?

09-16-2011, 07:53 AM	#2
massivemarketing HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 275 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them A lot. The majority of link juice will be passed forwards to your main site. This includes page rank, anchor text backlinks and any penalties it may have. It won't pass 100% of it as some will be buffered out. A lot of people purposely purchase age domains with a certain link profile. So for example if I wanted to rank a site to do with dog training, I purchase an aged domain with high PR editorial links with relevant anchor text, in this case dog training and my site gets ranked higher for it. If it doesn't have a similar link profile, you are better of installing link juice keeper and integrating the site into your high pr network.
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09-16-2011, 11:53 AM	#3
Jayski32 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 18 Thanks: 9 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them The site didn't have any backlinks but the domain name was highly relevant to my site and it was 11 years old. i bought it for the age. Will this "age" my current site?

09-16-2011, 03:35 PM	#4
GlobalTrader HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: , , USA. Posts: 168 Thanks: 49 Thanked 27 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them For your sake I hope it does but from years of experience and having purchased approximately 15 expires with Yahoo directory listings and many links earlier this year after Panda decimated our 12 year old authority site I can tell you that what once would almost immediately show a bounce in the SERPs now doesn't even register a blip.
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11-22-2011, 09:41 AM	#7
cmw333 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them I need some help. I recently purchased a PR2 aged domain which I have in my godaddy account, not by choice mind you because that stupid company wont allow me to transfer it to namecheap until after 60 days. Some policy they have. I know how to do a 301 direct but im not quite sutre if I need to point the nameservers to the same hosting as where i have the site I want to rediect or would i need to set up a seperate hosting account. I know I would definintely do that if I was planning on setting up a pr network but not sure if its the same case for 301 redirect. thanks in advance for your help

11-22-2011, 09:53 AM	#8
Mike Anthony SEO D'Artagnan War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,980 Thanks: 476 Thanked 1,090 Times in 701 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them With no links the redirect will not do much. It probably won't even be a PR1 at the next update unless links you can't see are sticking. Once you get to be over a year or two years old the age of a site does not matter much. Good news is at a PR1 you didn''t pay much for it. Unfortunately there are a few people selling WSOs related to aged domains now that are not telling people everything they need to know. You can lost a lot of money that way.
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11-22-2011, 10:02 AM	#9
InTheMaking Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 573 Thanks: 12 Thanked 80 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them I've always thought that once a domain expires, the domain age expires also. No one else thinks this way? :/

11-22-2011, 04:29 PM	#12
DeskCoder HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 159 Thanks: 27 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Buying Aged Domains and 301 Redirecting Them So should you just 301 the domain to your home page, or should you create all the old pages from archive.org? I got an expired PR1 domain with about 2300 pages ... should I recreate all these pages, or should I just redirect all of them to my new home page?