Comments on: Why Do Domainers Love Aged Domains So Much? http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/ Sun, 20 May 2012 18:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: question http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/#comment-15931 question Mon, 30 May 2011 10:52:51 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1134#comment-15931 Very interesting thread. Do you guys have any idea how to check if an expired domain was prior sandboxed in Google? About the age - I think age is important only if the domain/website was online for those years. Ex - would a domain that has been online from 1998 be more valuable than a 13 year domain that was parked from 1998? Very interesting thread.

Do you guys have any idea how to check if an expired domain was prior sandboxed in Google?

About the age – I think age is important only if the domain/website was online for those years.

Ex – would a domain that has been online from 1998 be more valuable than a 13 year domain that was parked from 1998?

]]> By: Kristoff Barnes http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/#comment-4758 Kristoff Barnes Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:04:32 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1134#comment-4758 Domain age is not a significant measure of inherent value for most of my purchase decisions. While I think there is some validity to scoring brownie points with Google (i.e. avoiding the sandbox, trust, authority, etc.), I've also seen domains with <1yr. of seasoning outrank established (5+ yrs. old / PR3+) sites. I'll take a fresh .com hand-reg with strong commercial keywords and attractive search volume, over a meaningless aged domain with zero prospects for traffic any day. It really comes down to your intended purpose for the acquisition: resell, development, hold. Domain age is not a significant measure of inherent value for most of my purchase decisions.

While I think there is some validity to scoring brownie points with Google (i.e. avoiding the sandbox, trust, authority, etc.), I’ve also seen domains with <1yr. of seasoning outrank established (5+ yrs. old / PR3+) sites.

I’ll take a fresh .com hand-reg with strong commercial keywords and attractive search volume, over a meaningless aged domain with zero prospects for traffic any day.

It really comes down to your intended purpose for the acquisition: resell, development, hold.

]]> By: dnclips.com - Domain feeds and more http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/#comment-4747 dnclips.com - Domain feeds and more Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:50:01 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1134#comment-4747 There is another reason to it. I've seen people checking the whois history of online stores to know how long they were in business. You can witness it yourself in some hot deal forums like fatwallet etc, where they publish the domain whois after the age. And the domain age adds a sense of security. There is another reason to it. I’ve seen people checking the whois history of online stores to know how long they were in business. You can witness it yourself in some hot deal forums like fatwallet etc, where they publish the domain whois after the age. And the domain age adds a sense of security.

]]> By: Scott http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/#comment-4744 Scott Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:40:21 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1134#comment-4744 I think the general idea is that if a domain has been registered for 10 years, it must be good. Though this is not 100% accurate, it does help weed out names in certain situations. For example, if you use Freshdrop.net to search on TDNAM, you can sort by domain age and get a higher percentage of decent domains. After all, if a domain really was good it's bound to have been registered for a while. Other than that, I'm guessing people feel it sits well with Google when you have an old domain. I don't know if that's true or not, but I think a lot of people feel that way. With that said, I've bought and sold bad domain names because they were 10 years old. I knew the domain was subpar when I bought, but I also knew people liked the age. And I still ended up selling them. Oddly enough, I dont have the same luck selling aged keyword geodomains. I think the general idea is that if a domain has been registered for 10 years, it must be good. Though this is not 100% accurate, it does help weed out names in certain situations.

For example, if you use Freshdrop.net to search on TDNAM, you can sort by domain age and get a higher percentage of decent domains. After all, if a domain really was good it’s bound to have been registered for a while.

Other than that, I’m guessing people feel it sits well with Google when you have an old domain. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I think a lot of people feel that way.

With that said, I’ve bought and sold bad domain names because they were 10 years old. I knew the domain was subpar when I bought, but I also knew people liked the age. And I still ended up selling them.

Oddly enough, I dont have the same luck selling aged keyword geodomains.

]]> By: jody http://www.dotweekly.com/why-do-domainers-love-aged-domains-so-much/#comment-4743 jody Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:27:41 +0000 http://www.dotweekly.com/?p=1134#comment-4743 Great write up. I agree with you 100%. Great write up. I agree with you 100%.

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