How much does domain age matter in google rankings?

These days, it's more of a matter if your domain is at least a year-two old or not. Fresh domains tend to take more time to start ranking.

I've done a test where I post similar links to both a fresh domain, and a 4 year old one. The difference was some 2 and a half weeks between results from the day the links were placed. I've talked to other people and they've experienced similar results.

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paulgl

9 years ago

Originally Posted by jaxrefinance

These days, it's more of a matter if your domain is at least a year-two old or not. Fresh domains tend to take more time to start ranking.

I have no idea where you people get this stuff. Please tell me. I demand to
know where these silly, nonsense replies with BAD information are
coming from. Let's out the clown here!

On more serious note, perhaps your "info" is related to that PBN thing...

Paul

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jaxrefinance

9 years ago

Originally Posted by paulgl

I have no idea where you people get this stuff. Please tell me. I demand to
know where these silly, nonsense replies with BAD information are
coming from. Let's out the clown here!

On more serious note, perhaps your "info" is related to that PBN thing...

Paul

My information comes from my personal experience. I haven't tested it on 20 sites so I can say for sure it will replicate every single time, but from what I tested, aged domains rank faster than fresh domains. In these tests, what kind of results have you gotten?

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MikeFriedman

9 years ago

Originally Posted by jaxrefinance

My information comes from my personal experience. I haven't tested it on 20 sites so I can say for sure it will replicate every single time, but from what I tested, aged domains rank faster than fresh domains. In these tests, what kind of results have you gotten?

To be totally honest, it is impossible to perform an accurate test to prove that. In order to do so, you would have to obtain aged domains with zero links pointing at them, something you can never be 100% sure of, and brand new domains.

Then you would have to setup the sites with identical site structures targeting the same keywords. You would have to do it in a way that Google considers their pages to be of the same value, which you cannot be 100% sure of because you cannot use the exact same content on each of them or else that muddies the waters.

If you use any kind of linking to the sites, you have to be sure that for each link you point at an aged site, you point a link of absolute identical ranking power to the new site. Again, something you cannot be 100% sure of.

On top of all that, you have to be certain that no other links are coming into the sites. With scraper sites all over the place, again, something you cannot be 100% sure of.

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DABK 9 years ago

I saw results at the same time (give or take a couple of days) for new domains as I did for domains that were a few years old when I bought them and worked on them.

I vote, it doesn't count.

What mattered the most in my efforts, was the authority of the pages I got links from. Same authority, same results, age of domain to be ranked did not matter.
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yukon

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by spartonx

How much does domain age matter in google rankings or does it even matter at all?

Domain age doesn't matter.

Buy a new domain & get a static followed link on the Home pages of ebay, amazon, yahoo, msn & you'll rank for any keyword you want within 72 hours.

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marketingismine

9 years ago

what do you mean get a static followed link? please explain a bit more

Originally Posted by yukon

Domain age doesn't matter.

Buy a new domain & get a static followed link on the Home pages of ebay, amazon, yahoo, msn & you'll rank for any keyword you want within 72 hours.

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Devilfish168

9 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

Domain age doesn't matter.

Buy a new domain & get a static followed link on the Home pages of ebay, amazon, yahoo, msn & you'll rank for any keyword you want within 72 hours.

bro care to explain more on follow link on the home page of yahoo?

what you mean how it done

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marketingismine

9 years ago

NOT AT ALL!
Check this website: l e a g e f x . c o m

I did the SEO for this very new website when I used to own it. it is #1 result in google first page for "best forex company" - in arabic"افضل شركة فوركس"

see here:
new site as #1 result in google.co.il - from israeli IP-may be second or third result from other countries, but you get the point.

"Best forex company" is very competitive keyword(s) (especially in Arabic with the Gulf countries money and investments ratio) and I did this using high PR websites and other techniques.

Anyway, I don't own the site anymore.. long story... and now I need to compete with my self HAHA ... life is so good

maybe I should learn some negative seo techniques.. anyone? Just kidding..

My new website, 1 month old or so , is at the first result of the third page. it used to climb 5 result every day at the last 2 weeks ending here. Now I am seeing it climbing 1 result a day - with the intention to reach #1#1 result.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Aged domains tend to have some backlinks which usually explains why they work better. I'm haven't seen any good evidence that the domain age itself is a factor.

Also, Matt Cutts has said that domain age is an insignificant factor. I see no reason to doubt his statements when they seem to align with the views of SEOs.

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spartonx

9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

Aged domains tend to have some backlinks which usually explains why they work better. I'm haven't seen any good evidence that the domain age itself is a factor.

Also, Matt Cutts has said that domain age is an insignificant factor. I see no reason to doubt his statements when they seem to align with the views of SEOs.

So can a 5 months old website rank as well as a 5 year old website if the newer website can provide higher quality of content?

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DABK 9 years ago

Quality of content doesn't come into play.

SEO is what matters.

Originally Posted by spartonx

So can a 5 months old website rank as well as a 5 year old website if the newer website can provide higher quality of content?
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- spartonx 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DABK
  
  Quality of content doesn't come into play.
  
  SEO is what matters.
  
  Could you define that a little?
  
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  DABK 9 years ago
  
  Define what? You can rank a page with nothing but the keyword on it, written once. You can rank pages with 1 image. You can rank blank pages.
  
  Originally Posted by spartonx
  
  Could you define that a little?
  
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atharahmed71

9 years ago

Dear its a term which is introduced by Moz and i think its no matter with google

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MikeFriedman

9 years ago

If age of anything is a factor, it is the age of links. I think that is where the misconception of domain age being a factor comes into play.

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jasminemartin

9 years ago

Domain age matters to build trust in the eyes of google and google likes old domain.

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by spartonx

So can a 5 months old website rank as well as a 5 year old website if the newer website can provide higher quality of content?

New can outrank old. 5 months is enough in any normal situation, but of course I'd be very hard to outrank something like Microsoft's page for one of their products.

It's not just about the quality of content. In this game the backlinks are very important.

Originally Posted by atharahmed71

Dear its a term which is introduced by Moz and i think its no matter with google

Domain age? Now, that's just two common English words. Moz tools mention it.

Originally Posted by jasminemartin

Domain age matters to build trust in the eyes of google and google likes old domain.

Read the thread, will you please?
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RolandNR 9 years ago

Originally Posted by jasminemartin

Domain age matters to build trust in the eyes of google and google likes old domain.

I would agree!
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patadeperro

9 years ago

Originally Posted by spartonx

How much does domain age matter in google rankings or does it even matter at all?

It matters a lot, if a domain name is not 18 years of age it needs a document signed to be part of the internet, otherwise is ilegal, you can be in big trouble.

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DABK

9 years ago

You got to be kidding me! Where I live, it's only 16 years. You better move here.

Originally Posted by patadeperro

It matters a lot, if a domain name is not 18 years of age it needs a document signed to be part of the internet, otherwise is ilegal, you can be in big trouble.

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metricbuzz88

9 years ago

Domain age still matters, and the aged domain pages were quickly gets indexed by major search engines.
But Google says that a new website with 6 months older can beat the brand if it has some other certain quality.

Domain age is only a little ranking booster nowadays.

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iharrythomas

9 years ago

The domain is the least consider factor in SEO. On the other hand the most important factor is domain authority and page authority of specific. If you get the backlink from high DA website, which is relevant to your domain and business that your running then it will pass on more benefits than the domain which is older

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PBScott

9 years ago

So long as it is old enough to be out of the Google Sandbox it shouldn't matter.

However aged domains with well established links and followers etc are invaluable.

Here is a random web description of the Sandbox for you to read:
http://www.webconfs.com/google-sandbox-article-11.php

It's never easy for newcomers to enter a market and there are barriers of different kinds. For newcomers to the world of search engines, the barrier is called a sandbox – your site stays there until it gets mature enough to be allowed to the Top Positions club. Although there is no direct confirmation of the existence of a sandbox, Google employees have implied it and SEO experts have seen in practice that new sites, no matter how well optimized, don't rank high on Google, while on MSN and Yahoo they catch quickly. For Google, the jailing in the sandbox for new sites with new domains is on average 6 months, although it can vary from less than a month to over 8 months.

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nettiapina

9 years ago

Originally Posted by PBScott

So long as it is old enough to be out of the Google Sandbox it shouldn't matter.

It should be noted that "Google Sandbox" is an idea that even many SEOs don't believe in. My view is that it's completely normal for new sites to not rank. I guess it's possible to hit a spam prevention measure that kind of seems like a sandbox, but most of the new sites simply have no backlinks.

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9 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

It should be noted that "Google Sandbox" is an idea that even many SEOs don't believe in. My view is that it's completely normal for new sites to not rank. I guess it's possible to hit a spam prevention measure that kind of seems like a sandbox, but most of the new sites simply have no backlinks.

The quote I dropped in there mentioned there is no definitive proof of it.

It is also possible that any back links a site did have might take a while to be counted, making it seem like a sandbox as well.

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by PBScott

The quote I dropped in there mentioned there is no definitive proof of it.

True, but I think the article was a bit too eager to assume that it exists in any case.

Google's statements that I've seen around this topic have been very vague. Cutts commented on this almost a decade ago if I remember correctly, and said that it may feel like there's a sandbox. Some publications then took this as a proof even though he was basically not saying anything at all.
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infograins

9 years ago

We can say that Domain age become biggest factors for any website ranking due to importance of domain age. After PR rank updated closed peoples are giving high importance to Domain Authority, Domain Age, Page Authority for link building.

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nettiapina 9 years ago

Originally Posted by infograins

We can say that Domain age become biggest factors for any website ranking due to importance of domain age.

I see you like 'em nice and circular. It's a big factor because it's important.
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DABK

9 years ago

No, we can't: we get dizzy if we do.

Try this one for size: DABK is the smartest person on earth because DABK is the smartest person on earth. And DABK is the smartest person on earth because DABK's intelligence is the greatest.

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We can say that Domain age become biggest factors for any website ranking due to importance of domain age. After PR rank updated closed peoples are giving high importance to Domain Authority, Domain Age, Page Authority for link building.

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gscarhire

9 years ago

If you want detailed information about the domain age value, then you can see the mattcut's video for domain age..link:

How does Google determine domain age, and is it...

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LisaGrocke

9 years ago

Domain age, as a lot of other experts mentioned, is not a factor. The only way it can impact ranking is if a domain has backlinks pointing to it.
The reason why so many people emphasize on buying old domains is that they already have backlinks.
But age itself is not a factor.

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ahmansoor

9 years ago

Domain age is one of the reasonably helpful SEO ranking factors!

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bluejeans

9 years ago

Well, I do know what most experts say, that age alone has no relevance, but I have felt personally that my older domains, for virtue of just sitting there with a single page on them until I develop them, do seem to rank quicker than fresh ones?

But, if they had no content at all, would there be a difference? I haven't tested that out so I'm not sure on that.

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itos

9 years ago

I bought a 12-year-old domain right now and making the test see if it ranks better than a fresh domain. That 12-year-old domain doesn't have any backlinks from those previous years.

I think if it had previous good backlinks it will help to rank better. In the long term, Google likes content that is unique and the time of the domain will be just a minor factor to rank.

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Shreyasingh

9 years ago

Domain age of any website matters to some extent as it tells the users of how old and reputed a website is and what type of niche a website is dealing with. If a domain is older than one year then it's easy to rank it on Google and to get good position for it as well on different keywords of it. So, if you are planning to purchase a domain than try to purchase the old one as it will result better.

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Banned 9 years ago

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aspiringseoguru 9 years ago

Ok so if I want to rank a carpet cleaning site and use this static link trick how would I go about this?
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  Originally Posted by aspiringseoguru
  
  Ok so if I want to rank a carpet cleaning site and use this static link trick how would I go about this?
  
  You don't. It's just an example of a link that would be very valuable. Unless your carpet cleaning company is a Yahoo subsidiary or a very important technology partner you can't get such a link.
  
  Hilarious username, BTW.
  
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Adam Yunker

9 years ago

Hey Spartonx,

People are right when they say it does matter, but if you think about it this way Google wants to find reasons to rank you higher so obviously how long you have had the domain will matter, but what also matters is how many sites are linking back to yours and how much relevant content does your site have to the keywords being searched?

Once you cover the other two the domain age is just a plus, but you can't add time from when you bought the domain it just comes down the road as a bonus.

Focus on the content and getting linked back to by HIGH QUALITY sources and you'll be Golden.

Hope that helps

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