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Domain Names

by safe as houses
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Is it true that when you purchase a domain name, and only pay for 1 year at a time, that google don,t look favouribly on this, and give preference to domain names that people have paid for 2 or more years upfront.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    That is something that used to be bandied about. Google does provide weight to domains over time but that is because older sites prove their value by remaining online. You could register domains for 10 years each but a new site isn't going to profit much from that so I wouldn't advise it.

    The thinking about long term registration seemed to be:

    Google values older, established sites....and if I buy a long term domain google will think I have an older, established site and reward me with higher rank.

    Truth is, you can't manipulate time.
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  • Profile picture of the author digigo
    true... one of the 1000 factors I presume google is taking into consideration...
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  • Profile picture of the author Johnathan
    It's just one of the things to take into consideration. There are many other factors that affect your ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author digigo
    sure google will not publish their secret sauce.. but the evolution will naturally takes the ranking algorithm to the next level in sophistication and complexity.. think about how many ways marketers have been trying to game SEO and then think about how many factors google has to used to counter act those tricks... so short answer.. no evidence.. just speculation
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  • Profile picture of the author CliveG
    Thanks digigo. Makes sense, but I just wondered if you knew something that I did not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nickolie0990
    Here is Matt Cutts on the subject:

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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by Nickolie0990 View Post

      Here is Matt Cutts on the subject:

      YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.
      Well, wasn't that just some slight of hand.

      Don't worry about it - we might be using it but we will never really tell you if we are or not.

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      • Profile picture of the author Tyler Pratt
        Aged domains is like fine wine, the older they get the more value they command.
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Originally Posted by safe as houses View Post

    Is it true that when you purchase a domain name, and only pay for 1 year at a time, that google don,t look favouribly on this, and give preference to domain names that people have paid for 2 or more years upfront.
    If I was selling domain registrations to you I would certainly recommend it and tell you that it would help you rank better. I might even make it the default on my domain name buying interface.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaallday2010
    Thanks for that video Nick
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