You may have heard that Google gives more credibility to domain names that are registered for longer periods of time.
It’s true.
In Google’s United State Patent Application #20050071741, they stated:
Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain and, thus, the documents associated therewith.
Their reasoning makes sense, don’t you think? A site owner who has only registered their domain name for one year wouldn’t seem to be as serious as someone who has their site registered for the next 5+ years. A longer registration shows a higher level of commitment to the website.
Extending Your Domain Name Registrations Can Be Expensive…
Extending your domain name registration for the next 5-10 years can get a bit expensive, especially if you have multiple domains.
Let’s assume that you have 5 domain names that you really like. Figuring an average price of $9 per year, it will cost you $225 to register each of them for 5 years. To register them for 10 years each will cost you $450.
That’s a lot of money to spend in one shot.
…But It Doesn’t Have To Be!
What if, instead, you extend the registration on one domain name by one year each week? That way, 6 months from now, each of your 5 domain names will be extended by an additional 5 years, and it will have only cost you $9 per week…much easier to swallow than paying $225 at one shot, especially if you’re on a budget.
Go Show Google That Your Site’s Legit
I just extended the registration for 365 To Freedom by a year, and if your website is only registered for the next year or two, I’d suggest you go ahead and do the same.
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Tags: domain names, google, registration, seo
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January 24th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Good advice, I never heard of this but referencing the patent is solid evidence.
Anyways, kinda ironic you extended your domain. After the first year, you should be ‘free’, right? What will you be doing with the domain if you make a full time income in 2008?
January 24th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Good question. I’ll be keeping the archives intact (to help other people in the future), and I’ll be trying to make more in 2009 then I did in 2008!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
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