Aged Domain SEO Question

[lengzai]

Is there a minimum age requirement for aged domains to rank well in Google?
'Older' the better or is it just based on the PR and backlinks from the previous owner?
What's the difference of getting an aged domain with 10+ years PR 0 vs a young domain with PR 1?
How 'old' is considered aged?

[biggedon]

Is there a minimum age requirement for aged domains to rank well in Google?
'Older' the better or is it just based on the PR and backlinks from the previous owner?
What's the difference of getting an aged domain with 10+ years PR 0 vs a young domain with PR 1?
How 'old' is considered aged?

hi


imo and from experience, a newly registered domain can get ranked in google ahead of domains that have more "age".

it all depends on content, tags, niche', competition, domain name, links, etc.


all can play a part and some are irrelevant


i'd say buying a domain with age really has no extra value as far as "time" of existence, unless there is a traffic benefit that can be converted to revenue.

even older domains that have existing rank when you "catch or buy" them, may drop in ranking when you park it or redesign them.

but if those attributes cannot be applied to that domain...then where is the value over a recent hand-reg?

as it applies to ranking


getting "ranked" in google isn't a problem, the hardest part is getting on first few pages and staying there.

[Aleksandar]

Aged Backlinks > Aged Domain if you ask me.

Logically, aged backlinks do not come with a newly registered domain, but let me explain the above:

I'd rather buy a 5 year old domain with hundreds (thousands?) indexed aged backlinks than a 10 year old (or more) without any or a few. That's just me...