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Domain 'age' question

by csm
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I have recently (over the past 2-6 months) let a lot of domains expire. They were all white-hat content sites, but hadn't been monetized and my business was taking a different direction.

As luck would have it, I could use those domains now (for the Chris R. and Dave K. loophole method). Most of the domains now sit registered with brokers, however, a handful of the domains are available for normal registration.

I registered one of those today, but the WHOIS record shows it as created today, so there is no indication from the WHOIS that the domain was originally registered in 2006. Therefore, do I get any credit at all for this being an "aged" domain? Or will it be seen as if it is a brand new domain that was never registered?

I have about 5 other domains that I let expire over the past few months that I could pick up again. Is it of any value to do so, or is it no different than registering brand new names?

Susan
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  • Profile picture of the author mookinman
    Interesting question - I think the domain "age" starts again when it's re-registered - on the other hand there might be backlinks to it from years previous... whoah this is confusing!
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  • Profile picture of the author sparrow
    if the domains fit the business plan pick them up regardless and ignore this domain age issue

    you let them go so now if the domains fit the business they are ripe for the picking otherwise don't worry about it

    content rules in the end

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  • Profile picture of the author vbcannon
    You have to look at it that Google puts heavy consideration on the age of your backlinks as well. So if Google knows that you have had your site for 2 years but it just expired. WhoIs may say that it is newly registered but Google should know. But I think Google is affiliated with Whois, so it does get confusing. I would just put the site up and start hammering away at good content and quality backlinks!
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    It will mean that it's treated like a brand new domain for the most part. Google won't count older links in most cases and, therefore, age won't offer you a degree of protection against being sandboxed, gaining trust with Google or with PageRank.

    Now, if you purchase during the time period between when the domain officially expires and the time the domain is officially deleted and goes back into the general pool of available domain names then you'll usually retain these benefits provided the page isn't left parked too long. This is a fairly narrow window of time and depends on the registrar but it's generally quite short.
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