What Google knows about your domain name
This article makes some interesting points about how Google views domain names, and why it is sometimes better to purchase an existing domain.
What Google knows about your domain name: "Last year (2005), Google became a domain name registrar but they haven't offered domain registration services in the meantime."
The article goes on to speculate a bit as to why Google may have become a registrar.
(This may) allow Google to find relations between different domains names and changes in ownership. If a domain name has a new owner, Google might reconsider the value of the domain name in the ranking algorithm.
Some people buy old domain names to avoid the Google sandbox effect and to benefit from existing links. If Google can detect the ownership change of a domain name, it might become more difficult to benefit from old domain names.
What Google knows about your domain name: "Last year (2005), Google became a domain name registrar but they haven't offered domain registration services in the meantime."
The article goes on to speculate a bit as to why Google may have become a registrar.
(This may) allow Google to find relations between different domains names and changes in ownership. If a domain name has a new owner, Google might reconsider the value of the domain name in the ranking algorithm.
Some people buy old domain names to avoid the Google sandbox effect and to benefit from existing links. If Google can detect the ownership change of a domain name, it might become more difficult to benefit from old domain names.
