Is NetworkSolutions lying or does this work?

Halfdeck · 2008-01-09, 06:46 PM

"Basically it says that registering a domain for 5 years or longer will cause search engines to perceive the domain to be more legitimate and therefore to rank it more highly."

That's a rumor started by a Google patent dealing with Historical Data that mentions domain age, link age, page age, how frequent a page's content is updated, and a whole bunch of other age factors.

That document gives me a headache. Here's a summary in English.

Most spammers don't register sites for 5 years, so that's another reason why registeration duration may be a quality signal.

Personally, I just pay every year.

2008-01-09, 06:46 PM	#4
Halfdeck You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 985	"Basically it says that registering a domain for 5 years or longer will cause search engines to perceive the domain to be more legitimate and therefore to rank it more highly." That's a rumor started by a Google patent dealing with Historical Data that mentions domain age, link age, page age, how frequent a page's content is updated, and a whole bunch of other age factors. That document gives me a headache. Here's a summary in English. Most spammers don't register sites for 5 years, so that's another reason why registeration duration may be a quality signal. Personally, I just pay every year. __________________ Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.