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Does Domain Expiry effect Google ranking?

by Aussie_Al
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I was talking to a friend of mine the other night and he is trying to tell me that if you have only say, 5 months left on your domain that Google will look poorly on your site - I guess the reason being that a lot of mini sites have short term domain registrations

Any truth to this at all?

thanks in advance
#domain #effect #expiry #google #ranking
  • Profile picture of the author bhopkins
    I don't think so. Can't say for sure since I'm not google, but my domains run down to the wire before I renew them every year and I've never seen any sort of issue with rankings as they get closer to expiring.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Jackson
    Originally Posted by Aussie_Al View Post

    A friend of mine is trying to tell me that if you have only say, 5 months left on your domain that Google will look poorly on your site.

    Any truth to this at all?
    None whatsoever. That's a myth, probably started by a domain registration service.

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    • Profile picture of the author lukemeister
      Originally Posted by David Jackson View Post

      None whatsoever. That's a myth, probably started by a domain registration service.
      Ha, I would tend to agree with this, marketing tactics
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
    Originally Posted by Aussie_Al View Post

    I was talking to a friend of mine the other night and he is trying to tell me that if you have only say, 5 months left on your domain that Google will look poorly on your site - I guess the reason being that a lot of mini sites have short term domain registrations

    Any truth to this at all?

    thanks in advance

    no, my site is a PR6 and I renew manually yearly...
    it doesn't make any difference whatsoever. Where do people come up with such mis-information?
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  • Profile picture of the author sulmaanaslam
    Yeah just a vague myth.
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  • Profile picture of the author turbohips
    Probably true but if you plan on making money, spending time optimizing the site, etc. then why not extend it for a year to make sure just in case? It only costs a few bucks to play safe.
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