How much does domain age matter in google rankings?

yeah i think it does matter alot with google.

It is a minor factor at best.

I would even lean towards saying it is not a factor at all.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Adam