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i know for a fact that age of a domain comes into play. especially after the first year..
i have new mainstream sites that recently hit the year mark and they shot up after the first update..
i was about to give up on them because i couldnt understand why they were ranking so low considering the unique/quality content i had..
I tend to agree with this. That's why I said "I don't know about this" in my original post above. Case in point: I've had experience with domains that were 5 years old or so ranking well almost as soon as they were developed/backlinked. Compare that with instant sandboxing for domains less than a year old. WG may have a point when he said at another thread--take what Matt Cutts says and do the exact opposite
Agreed, the initial registration date does play a part. Just like hyphens play a part.
What he, and Google, typically say in these types of interviews or conferences is that if you focus on good original content, that other domain name shit becomes irrelevant in the bigger picture. Which is true.
He is trying to stop the ShoeBitch's, arbitragers, and other people who practice the dark arts to stop trying to game the search engines and build websites that have some value.
That's the point.
Last edited by Barefootsies; 10-12-2009, 10:45 AM.
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