Aged Domain Test...and the results...
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Having been practicing SEO for over 2 years now. So I decided it was time to start testing and investing in aged domains to assist, well, with several things. So, I wanted to test if a specific type of "PR 4" aged domain held its "PR" after a complete switch of registry's and DNS settings and... since the domain had no back links, could a domain really have that high of a PR just by age alone-especially at only 3 years.....? :confused:
Here's how it went...
For this test, I decided to purchase two aged domains. Here are the specs.
Domain 1-PR 4
-3 years old
-No registry drops, registry was not private
-had a wordpress 2011 theme with installed-no content on the site
-had no backlinks to it...
-PR was real, according to SB and info:site verification
Domain 2-PR 3
-6 years old
-No registry drops, registry was not private
-PR was real, according to SB and info:site verification
-had several indexed pages
-had a good amount of content
-22 back links, 3 of which were PR 5's and one PR 3, rest were do-follow. -most of BLs are footer links and exact match anchor text to domain name
So, my hypothesis was that the PR 4 domain would loose it's "PR" after being transferred over and set up, then indexed again. I figured this would only take a month or so at the most.
The site really had no value to it, it was just a domain name with a bit of age to it. Considering this, i wanted to see how long it will hold the PR 4...
Here's the process I followed:
1. Once domain hit my account, I purchased privacy for each domain. For the PR 4 domain, I was unable to add the privacy before the registrar updated. Not sure whether or not this had any influence.
2. I installed WP on both domains
3. Added one fresh, 500+ word article to both domains with a few OBLs
4. Content on both domains is remotely relevant to the domain name...
All of this occurred between 1/20/2012 and 1/22/2012, so two days.
This morning (12/23/2012) both domains still had their PR.
This evening, the domain that had a PR 4 and no back links dropped to 0.
The PR 3 site is still holding its "value." So, what I draw from this is that it's not good to buy aged domains with 0 back links, regardless if it passes the proverbial qualification process and PR tests.
Perhaps what it boils down to is those back links....?
What are your thoughts?
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