Changing the Registered Whois Info, Does google give penalty?

[Patchworks]

I have a domain that is registered in my name and I want to transfer to another business partner. We will be transferring the domain to a new registrar and if I change the Contacts, will Google see think that is a newly Purchased Domain?

How does Google determine if a domain is new?

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[sevenish]

Originally Posted by Patchworks

We will be transferring the domain to a new registrar and if I change the Contacts, will Google see think that is a newly Purchased Domain?

AFAIK, it will not be considered a new domain. "newly-purchased" is a separate matter from "newly-registered".

The date of registration is more important here, I believe.

How does Google determine if a domain is new?

Google cache, registration date in whois. So far I've not seen any issues with transfers of domains impacting page rank. I believe that the registration date and domain/site upkeep is more important.

Hope that helps.

[Shevd]

I have heard from some sources that changing your domain name registration info to private reduces your rankings

[bgmacaw]

If there are no significant content changes it won't affect anything.

However, transfers of ownership usually come with a change in content or a period of no content or parking which can impact rankings depending on the time period involved.