Question about domain age and expired domains

blur · 09-21-2009, 08:32 PM

I know. The title is a little off but..

I'm in Market Samurai now doing the SEO Comparison and I realized that a new domain I bought a few weeks ago shows to be 5 years old. If the domain expired and I bought it pretty quick after expiration (don't know the exacts) would google miss the expiration and hence give me 'love' for an aged domain?

Sean Ski · 09-21-2009, 08:35 PM

If they still think its 5 years old then yeah; just make sure you put some actual content on the site or it wont make a difference anyway...

Paula Steen · 09-21-2009, 08:39 PM

I know that if you buy an expiring domain from GoDaddy's tdnam.com auction site... it keeps its age.

I'm not sure about buying it after it has completely expired.

kelvin yeo · 09-21-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paula S

I know that if you buy an expiring domain from GoDaddy's tdnam.com auction site... it keeps its age.

I'm not sure about buying it after it has completely expired.

I find that you can actually. One of my more successful domains is one that I bought off of namescheap after it expired.

blur · 09-21-2009, 08:58 PM

Nice! Well in that case I have a 5yr old domain with 6 back links. The other domains in my niche are between 9 and 13 years old (for those domains above the fold in google SERPs).

09-21-2009, 08:32 PM	#1
blur HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 232 Thanks: 43 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts	Question about domain age and expired domains I know. The title is a little off but.. I'm in Market Samurai now doing the SEO Comparison and I realized that a new domain I bought a few weeks ago shows to be 5 years old. If the domain expired and I bought it pretty quick after expiration (don't know the exacts) would google miss the expiration and hence give me 'love' for an aged domain?

09-21-2009, 08:35 PM	#2
Sean Ski HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 333 Thanks: 4 Thanked 33 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Question about domain age and expired domains If they still think its 5 years old then yeah; just make sure you put some actual content on the site or it wont make a difference anyway...

09-21-2009, 08:39 PM	#3
Paula Steen HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 206 Thanks: 169 Thanked 138 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Question about domain age and expired domains I know that if you buy an expiring domain from GoDaddy's tdnam.com auction site... it keeps its age. I'm not sure about buying it after it has completely expired.

09-21-2009, 08:58 PM	#5
blur HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 232 Thanks: 43 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts	Re: Question about domain age and expired domains Nice! Well in that case I have a 5yr old domain with 6 back links. The other domains in my niche are between 9 and 13 years old (for those domains above the fold in google SERPs).