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09-11-2008, 12:34 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Age of website - can you change it?
This may sound "dumb" but is there a way to change the "age" of a website that is built to make it look like it has been around longer than it really has?
Lots of search engines use the age of a website to sort relevancy. If there was a way to make the site appear "older" it would give better SERPS, right?
Any comments on this?
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09-11-2008, 03:43 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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I do not think such thing exists, unless you hack the database of the registry
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09-11-2008, 04:30 PM #3Business Consultant Manager
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As tonyFF says... unless you hacked the registry... there is no way to change the domains creations date.
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09-11-2008, 10:04 PM #4Newbie
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It won't really help you. "Old" websites tends to rank well because they have been online for longer than you.
If you work on a 5 years domain that has been idle for 5 years, it won't help. According to Google, old as in "live"
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09-11-2008, 11:08 PM #5Web Hosting Guru
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Huh?
The age of a domain cannot be changed. Older sites tend to be indexed more, or have their content indexed more. This is why "older" domains tend to rank better.
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09-12-2008, 10:52 AM #6Junior Guru Wannabe
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Get in touch with a labels manufactirer and order seveal labels with : ' our www online since 1896'. Then pour in some red wine and offer to Walmart or so.
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09-12-2008, 01:11 PM #7Performing Magic in the Cloud
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It's not the age of your website or domain, but how long the search engines have been coming to you. If you purchase a 10-year-old domain that has been "For Sale" since it was registered and you put up a website, it's going to be treated much the same way as that same website on a domain name which was registered last week.
If you register a brand new domain name and by some amazing power manage to edit the creation date and make it appear older, it's not going to aid you in your quest for that #1 spot. Think not the age of the domain, but the length of time Google has been viewing you on it.
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09-12-2008, 11:25 PM #8Web Hosting Guru
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How about a domain which was live for 2 years and then for sale for another year before it was purchased again?
Can we count the domains age to carry on from 2 years or it starts all over again?
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09-13-2008, 02:45 AM #9DigitalPunchCardMaker
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Shoot an email to eeschmidt@google.com
He might help
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09-13-2008, 10:52 AM #10Web Hosting Guru
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Ok. This email belongs to who?
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09-13-2008, 07:41 PM #11DigitalPunchCardMaker
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err.. Sorry pal, I was just kidding :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_E._Schmidt
Like others said, there is no way to alter your web page's age, because that info is in someone else's database...
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09-14-2008, 12:16 AM #12Web Hosting Guru
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Ok, at least now I know who is CEO Google.
Anyway, I am not talking about altering anything. What I am saying is the domain was already 2 years old prior to me purchasing it. So does it mean my domain is carrying on from 2 years old or resetted?
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09-14-2008, 12:19 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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09-14-2008, 12:59 AM #14DigitalPunchCardMaker
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09-14-2008, 04:32 AM #15Web Hosting Guru
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Ok. Mine was an expired domain. From the way I see it, I am guessing there is no definite answer. Well I am just hoping it is counted as a 2 year old domain.
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09-22-2008, 09:44 AM #16Newbie
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I don't think it necessary to change the age of your website.The age of your website doesn't too much matter with your seo.
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09-24-2008, 01:52 AM #17Web Hosting Guru
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I believe age does matter in SEO to an extend. In dire situations when two sites gives similar quality stuff from their website, the age factor will be the one deciding which site goes on top of the other. Now of course this is a guess and an example I came up with. I am sure age matters in many other areas of SEO.
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09-25-2008, 01:11 AM #18Newbie
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I tend to agree with MarkWil. It is not because your site is old that it is better ranked. You have the perception that it is but it is not. If the content of your site is not interesting and no one is linking to your site, then it will not get a good rank.
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09-25-2008, 03:18 AM #19Web Hosting Guru
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Hi manicone2008, all I am saying is that age of the site is part of the algorithms. Of course content is important.
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09-25-2008, 03:35 AM #20New Member
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I don't think it can be alter. And I guess, it doesn't matter if your website is new or old,it depends on how you optimize it.
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09-25-2008, 03:45 AM #21I do SEO, oh yes I do!
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Age of site only really matters if it's an established old site anyway. Eg; has quality old links. Otherwise if you buy an older domain that doesn't have a history; with quality old links, then age won't matter. No it can't be altered legally. :-)
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09-25-2008, 04:14 AM #22Web Hosting Guru
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And I don't intend to alter anything illegally either.
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09-25-2008, 04:50 AM #23I do SEO, oh yes I do!
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My post wasn't aimed at you specifically, more in general context of this conversation. If you picked up an expired TLD you will probably be out of luck with Google not counting any of that domain's previous history.
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10-06-2008, 03:07 AM #24Newbie
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If you pickup an old site the search engine will show old links with old texts i guess nothing else matters if you have a nice SEO.
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10-06-2008, 05:38 AM #25Disabled
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Google likes mature links. And it follows that Google likes mature content. But there is no reason to fake it. Its not something that carries that much weight that we need to worry about it. We include the age of the domain in our lists of Paid Reveiw sites but this is more about saying No to something we should spend a lot more time worrying about.