Best WAY to check if aged domain is penalized by google?

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Hi guys,

I just bought an aged domain and i would like to see if it has been penalized by google.

I did the site: domainame.com

and nothing came up... That is a bad sign but the domain only has 41 backlinks according to ahrefs . Problem is ahrefs first saw those backlinks 20-41 days ago yet when i do site:domainame.com nothing comes up which worries me.

The site is Domain rating is 29 and url rating 3. I want to start a new niche so would it be very beneficial to start it on this domain instead of a brand new one?

Also i know i could create few pages , add the site to webmaster tools and submit a sitemap to see if the site will index but i know with some google penalties the site will index but it will not move past 3-4th page in google ranking so i have no sure way of testing if it trully has been penalized or do i?

I was thinking Would it be possible to email google and ask? Also if i add the domain to webmaster tools and submit index will the penalty show under manual actions after few days if the domain has been penalized?
#aged #check #domain #google #penalized
  • Hello, There are a lot of things that you need to look for when buying an aged domain. This post here (which I also referred to when buying aged domains) layouts the things that you should be looking at before buying: How To Buy Aged Domain Names (And Rank Faster in Google)
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  • Profile picture of the author Sven300
    Personally I would not waste a lot of time to evaluate whether the domain is penalized by Google or not. Anyway you can never know for sure. (And no, Google will not answer you if you ask them...)

    I would choose a new domain name and would focus on the content of my site.




    Good luck!
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