Google Changes Ranking Algorithms for Expired Domains
A Google rep said in the WebmasterWorld forum that this month' update introduced some "algorithmic improvements for spam issues." He continued, "One resulting improvement with this index is better handling of expired domains--the authority for a domain will be reset when a domain expires, even though dangling links to the expired domain are still out on the web. We'll be rolling this change in over the next few months starting with this index. This basically means Google won't take pre-existing links of expired domain names into account anymore. You can get that domain into Google. You just won't get credit for any pre-existing links. [Discussion thread: Good news about expired domains - WebmasterWorld]
Posted under Google, Search Engine Optimization on March 07, 2003.
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