@wallstreeterww 149652 wrote:
Rob I heard that the longer the domain is registered for teh better its standing is with google. Its not like i heard it from one person. It seems like everyone is in aggreement on this. I would think its even more important with online casino sites and online poker sites.
Hi,
I personally haven’t done any testing myself so far with the timeframe I paid upfront for a domain (e.g. your 10-year-term) but from what I see I would say that it doesn’t make much difference or the difference is so small, that one can not really tell from looking at the SERPS.
However, the time a domain name has already been active in a certain niche (not the time a domain has been registered for (!) – if it has been unused this does not add real value) and indexed by Google is very important for the rankings. For certain key phrases I also experienced some kind of filter on new domains (need to have some age before ranking for value terms).
Hope that helped a little…