Does domain age matter in SEO ranking?

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asked Sep 12, 2017 in Seo (Search Engine Optimization) by APA (420 points)
Does domain age matter in SEO ranking?

I'm wanting to create a blog and was wondering if I should try and buy an aged domain name vs a new domain?

Does the age of a domain matter in the ranking of a website?

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answered Sep 12, 2017 by Shawn (99,990 points)
Matt Cutts from google has hinted that domain age does indeed factor into ranking although it's just one of the many ranking factors that google looks at.

But just buying an aged domain won't increase the ranking of the website and content.

Google also takes into account the age of the content and when the content was first crawled.

I have a website that didn't start ranking for keywords and getting good search traffic until the website had been online for 5 years.

After that 5 years the website has shot up in google search results for some keywords.

So when you create a website and want to rank it in googles search engine and get traffic, remember that it can take up to 5 years before you really start seeing results.

After that time then you should be ranking for keywords sooner when you write new content.
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answered Oct 23, 2017 by Dawson (710 points)
Domain age probably does matter a little bit for better and faster rankings but I see new websites and domains that are not even quite one year old yet ranking at the very top of google search for keywords.

So while domain age may factor into helping a website rank overtime you can still rank a new domain and website that is less than 1 year old.

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