Should I try to buy this local pr3/2008 domain ?

[Big Gee]

It's a domain of a local online news site. It's a pr3 and was from 2008. The owner stopped keeping the site up to date in January and it expires next October.

1) Can it help me rank my own IM site for local and what does that involve (Im very new at this and have only heard of people buying older domains to help rankings)

2) Please point me in the right direction for info on the best way to take advantage of this or even better explain it here

3) how much should I offer ?

[outwest]

Originally Posted by Big Gee

It's a domain of a local online news site. It's a pr3 and was from 2008. The owner stopped keeping the site up to date in January and it expires next October.

1) Can it help me rank my own IM site for local and what does that involve (Im very new at this and have only heard of people buying older domains to help rankings)

2) Please point me in the right direction for info on the best way to take advantage of this or even better explain it here

3) how much should I offer ?

how many backlinks does it have

[yukon]

If the page isn't parked (Ads) & is just a dead domain, I would offer $25 just to see what they say. They might laugh at $25, but hey you gotta start with a first offer, might as well low ball it!

[dtang4]

Not sure what to offer, but if you do get the domain... make sure you keep the internal page structure intact. In other words, make site won't generate a bunch of 404s on indexed pages once you slap on your site.

What you can do is get a site downloader now and back up the site. Or, set up some 404 redirect.

[Big Gee]

@outwest..I used backlinkwatch and it said there are 979 backlinks

@yukon..I'll try the $25 if it's deemed worthy to my cause thank you for the starting point

@dtang4..I feel so inexperienced when reading your suggestion. I will definitely learn more about what you said if the deal happens, thank you

[outwest]

I would think if its a PR3 its worth a bit but are the backlinks pointing to the main root of the domain or are they pointed to inner pages

if to inner pages are those going to disappear once the domain is purchased, if so then the PR will disappear also I would think

also is the domain indexed now ?

[MikeRub]

You must use the majestic seo for links too. Which is the number of root domains for that domain ? You must check the fresh index option for that.

[BXPS]

I dont trsut in buying domains, i heard if you change the registrants details the PR may drop, im not sure though!

[MikeFriedman]

Originally Posted by outwest

I would think if its a PR3 its worth a bit but are the backlinks pointing to the main root of the domain or are they pointed to inner pages

if to inner pages are those going to disappear once the domain is purchased, if so then the PR will disappear also I would think

also is the domain indexed now ?

You can, and should, recreate any pages that have links pointing to them and PR. You won't lose anything there.

I don't think I have ever seen a site that was not indexed, but had PR.

Originally Posted by BXPS

I dont trsut in buying domains, i heard if you change the registrants details the PR may drop, im not sure though!

That is complete nonesense.


Also, the number of backlinks does not really matter. It's the quality of the backlinks. If the only backlinks that are left are PR 0 backlinks, it can have 2000 of them, and it is not going to stay a PR 3. You need to investigate the PR of the backlinks and make sure there are at least a handful of solid backlinks with PR that you believe are not going to disappear.