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5 year old domain registered - with mixed feelings

by TheBizHelp Banned
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Hello Warriors,

I registered a domain name TipsDesk.com some 10 days back with namecheap. During the course of my little research on google, I discovered that this domain name was registered some 5 years back (early 2007) but was deleted exactly this time last year.

I yet ran a little research on the backlinks to this domain only to realize that it's got some backlinks - about 39 in number with a lot of duplicate links.

Now, non of these backlinks have got anything to do with what I am currently working on - they seem totally opposite. And from the nature of links I uncovered, it seems to be some domain associated with fun blog - i.e previously.

My anxiety and question is: will this affect my SEO efforts in the future as these links have been cemented in certain websites that made these links look spammy.

Again from my knowledge, older domains perform better in SERPs. Will this be applicable to this 5 year old domain or will it be seen as a brand new domain.

I need help and answers from experienced persons.

Thank you in advance,

Louis Kennedy
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  • Profile picture of the author Green Moon
    I don't think 39 links will have much of any effect, one way or another.

    The fact that the domain was dropped for a year, combined with the fact that your content will be entirely different, means that this is not an aged site. The concept of an "aged domain" is, in my humble opinion, a myth.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheBizHelp
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      Originally Posted by Green Moon View Post

      I don't think 39 links will have much of any effect, one way or another.
      I do believe this one with you. It may not have much of effect on this domain name from my analysis.

      The fact that the domain was dropped for a year, combined with the fact that your content will be entirely different, means that this is not an aged site. The concept of an "aged domain" is, in my humble opinion, a myth.

      I don't really think that the concept of an 'aged domain' is much of a myth. Although new domains rank well when adequately optimized, but older domains rank better, faster and easier with good content and a light optimization.

      So that is not a myth, not at all. Research proves this.
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      • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
        Originally Posted by Louis K Kennedy View Post

        I don't really think that the concept of an 'aged domain' is much of a myth.
        You're right, it's not.

        An aged domain can be very advantageous as it carries what are known as 'seo attributes'.

        Whether these be backlinks, listings in dmoz or yahoo, page rank or whatever, they all help in their own way.

        As for your backlinks, its hard to say without actually looking, but I would, at a guess say you shouldn't have to much to worry about.

        Check the sites in Google using the site:<domain here> search query operator and see if any of them have been deindexed. If you find some that have, try and contact those site owners and request removal of the links. You might want to consider doing this anyway, just as a precaution (although it may not be necessary)

        So long as you keep a clean backlink profile, and you dont over optimise and just build a natural site, you should be fine.

        Rule no 1 : Always check these things BEFORE you buy/register!
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  • Profile picture of the author Adevictus
    Make sure it's not sandboxed, I've been burnt like that before..
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    • Profile picture of the author TheBizHelp
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      Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post

      Make sure it's not sandboxed, I've been burnt like that before..
      How do you mean 'sandboxed' hope that will not escalate the ill feelings I am beginning to have about these links and the rest...
      Can you throw in some more light to what you mean and your experiences?

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      • Profile picture of the author Adevictus
        Originally Posted by Louis K Kennedy View Post

        How do you mean 'sandboxed' hope that will not escalate the ill feelings I am beginning to have about these links and the rest...
        Can you throw in some more light to what you mean and your experiences?

        Kennedy
        I bought a domain once and it turned out when the site was up and running previously, it was de-indexed/penalized by Google thus making it impossible to rank the site.
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        • Profile picture of the author TheBizHelp
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          Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post

          I bought a domain once and it turned out when the site was up and running previously, it was de-indexed/penalized by Google thus making it impossible to rank the site.
          When that happens, then it'll be in one's best interest to discard the domain because it is as good as valueless.

          I believe that is not the case with this particular one. It is a good domain name by the way.
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        • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
          Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post

          I bought a domain once and it turned out when the site was up and running previously, it was de-indexed/penalized by Google thus making it impossible to rank the site.
          ^^^

          This happened to me in April. I bought a "new" domain, built a nice little mini-niche site, built backlinks to it...and a month later Google still hadn't indexed it. I should've been indexed in less than 24 hours and then on page 1 by the end of the month...

          I ended up scrapping the site after letting it sit for 2 more weeks without getting indexed. I may pull it back out and use it for an example site for other things. It was only after I gave up that I researched like you and found out it had been used by two previous owners for things totally unrelated to it's EMD.

          Ticked me off, but I was only out $10 and 4-5 hours of my life. That's a much easier loss to take than on some crap WSOs I've bought.

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        • Profile picture of the author onSubie
          Originally Posted by Adevictus View Post

          I bought a domain once and it turned out when the site was up and running previously, it was de-indexed/penalized by Google thus making it impossible to rank the site.
          Hi

          That's not "sandboxed" that's de-indexed. De-indexed is different.

          "Sandboxed" is the period, especially for new sites, when the rankings are very unstable (one day page 1 next day page 127) or disappear altogether temporarily while Google assesses the site.

          Aged domains are much less susceptible to this (if they are a true aged domain and not a dropped domain that has been resurrected).

          That is one of the reasons for their attraction over a "new" domain- they can start performing "out-of-the-box". Naturally, researching the domain history is necessary.

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  • Profile picture of the author Simon Ashari
    How do you find out if a domain has been de-indexed before buying?

    @OP That domain is a killer domain so you should find a decent use for it unless you are basing your entire business model around raking with google.
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  • Profile picture of the author traveltext
    For me, aged domains have always performed well in the SERPs and at a quicker rate than a new domain name.
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