Buying a 10 year domain??

[MoreMobile]

I was told you should register your domain name for 10 years...with the idea that your site will seem more legitimate, and here for the long haul. Does anyone esle know if this is true?

[Nu-Home-Source-Realty]

Never heard of this, i always buy them for two years though. Not sure i will even care about them in 10 years

[TJ2007]

Yes I heard the same thing - that google and the bigger engines take the length of time you have the name registered for into consideration when pulling results????

Though I had a feeling this was just to make more revenue and may not have been true...Would love to hear from someone who knows about this...

[Cash Home Buyers _ com]

Yes, it is true, the theory being that if you are serious about your site then you would have the name registered for a long time. 5 years should do it though, no need to go the full 10, unless you want to. Of course, don't expect miracles to happen, but it is just another criteria that matters.

Scott

[spanishproperty]

I have never heard anything like that before - but if it works it might be worth looking into and giving it a go to see what the results are like.

Has anyone actually has proof of this and if so is there any proof to see ?

[ericbramlett]

I've heard this from a ~somewhat~ credible source. I think that, if it does matter, it's going to be fairly minor - I don't think you'll see a huge leap after purchasing extra time for the domains.

[MR22]

I'm really not sure how much weight this will have, but I do think that it is a good idea to register the domain for as long as you can, this will look more professional in the eyes of others for it will show that you are not just throwing up a website to try and make a few dollars only to get ride of it later.

[TJ2007]

Am not sure about Google & Yahoo, but I definitely think it is untrue that you need to be registered for 10yrs to rank good on MSN

[Codythebest]

Am not sure about Google & Yahoo, but I definitely think it is untrue that you need to be registered for 10yrs to rank good on MSN

I agree. I have a domain and site which is 10y/o and get no good results at all...
No major advertising though, that may help..

[johnc]

I guess that two years should be enough for search engine to think that you are serious enough regarding your site.

[DEUCE]

Just do it. What's the difference? If anything else you won't need to have to think about it for a while.

[fsbo-man]

it`s true, also you can`t change the content of your site, and not so much subdomains must be there

[tarheit]

I honestly believe it matters much more how long your domain is registered already. I've seen a number of sites that have little or marginal content rank well apparently just because they have been around a long time as they have few inbound links or anything else that would make them rank well.

-Tim

[spanishproperty]

I honestly believe it matters much more how long your domain is registered already. I've seen a number of sites that have little or marginal content rank well apparently just because they have been around a long time as they have few inbound links or anything else that would make them rank well.

-Tim

Yes, that is true and old domain name sales is very competitive and expensive business. I have been trying to buy an old domain name but it is the matter of trying to get the right one for the right price.

People seem to want a lot of money of old domains but it does work.

[FBCondos]

It is true that search engines trust long running websites more than those newly bought domain name. Of course, I'm pertaining to those sites that are still active and been updated recently.