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    I bought a domain 7 months ago. The website I put on it still doesn't show in the SERPs. Since 2000 it's had different owners - used by a co. in Oz, it's then served ads, then "for sale" with a company for 4ish years. Will it have trust issues in Google?

    Dave Shuts, Yorkshire, England



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  • CostaRicaMarketing

    thanks Matt
    Wednesday 09 November 2011 00:06:43
  • rokrohan

    great info Matt!
    Friday 04 February 2011 04:49:04
  • kleinespelvids

    Is there anyway to "ask" google to reconsider checking the site located on such a domain?
    Wednesday 05 January 2011 07:48:28
  • daveashe

    0:58 
    Saturday 14 August 2010 13:30:36
  • MrJamesBond007

    @daveashe Hey Dave, Its quite possible that Dave didn't buy this domain from another person, but from the normal domain market. Meaning that he chose a domain name, went to a registrar to see if it was available, it was so he registered it. But only realised later that it had a checkered past. One concern I do have is that do old parked domains showing related ads have trust issues with Google. As Matt says it's good due diligence to check any domain name's history in Archive.org. Cheers, Dave
    Saturday 14 August 2010 13:04:13
  • Domain4sale

    great
    Monday 02 August 2010 11:01:48
  • barbio

    Your muahahahhaha its perfect Matt. ;)
    Saturday 31 July 2010 12:23:35
  • hireahit

    @HomesteadExpert Using "nofollow" on these pages is just silly. A better choice would be to use "noindex" metatags on the category, tag and archive pages to help ensure that your archive pages don't get indexed and instead your actual content does.
    Thursday 22 July 2010 20:36:26
  • hireahit

    @babbababba2007 huh? Matt said pretty clearly that the answer is yes, a domain's history does affect it's current user.
    Thursday 22 July 2010 20:35:02
  • sayweb

    great answer....
    Tuesday 20 July 2010 06:48:08
  • babbababba2007

    No help at all.... The question is not answered!
    Monday 19 July 2010 15:11:02
  • McSnookerman

    Hey Google, I bought a domain and it doesn't show up on serp, what should I do? Hey trusty innocent guy, don't buy it in the first place! Thanks, that really helps me in my current situation...not
    Friday 16 July 2010 05:24:11
  • HomesteadExpert

    So, does this advice apply to Wordpress Blogs? The "All in One SEO" plugin places NOFOLLOW on categories, tags and archives. Is duplicate content an issue with Wordpress blogs, should we "NOT" use NOFOLLOW on Wordpress or should we be using NOFOLLOW on tags, archives and categories? .
    Friday 16 July 2010 00:07:55
  • bigal21110

    i assume contacting google for a reconsideration claiming that u just bought the domain
    Thursday 15 July 2010 17:19:53
  • daveashe

    Black hats muhwhahahahah, got to love it :-) But what??? Who would ever buy a de-indexed domain? The point of buying a used domain is that it has some ranking / backlinks that you can build upon so that you don't have to start totally from scratch.
    Thursday 15 July 2010 08:39:03
  • rkwickstrom

    Matt: Assuming that this guy already HAS this domain, are there any techniques to "clean up" its reputation?
    Thursday 15 July 2010 07:50:12
  • sunnycash7

    Lol...the part with the "now we*re Blackhats....muahahaha" was AmAzInG :-) You probably would be a great actor in a horror movie ^^
    Thursday 15 July 2010 07:32:14
  • mhaidarhanif

    we must re-think about buying a new domain for now.
    Thursday 15 July 2010 02:13:23
  • ugerWadi

    Explained in a excellent manner.......#LOL
    Thursday 15 July 2010 00:35:25
  • Alexeixx3

    @justinrussell I think that google can "reconsider" a site, ive seen that option in google webmaster tools, i dont know whay he didnt mention it. I think that if one sees the perfect domain, one has to get it.
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 22:54:59
  • justinrussell

    @TechieGeek1 I wouldn't say there's never a reason. Say your company makes nothing but large, blue widgets. You notice that largebluewidgets(.)com is for sale or available. If you follow Matt's advice from many of these videos, you should create your site based on what's best for its users. A domain name is part of that: you want something that's simple and easy for the user to remember. The search engine should have to adjust, not the user; there should be a way to say, "hey, we're legit now."
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 21:42:10
  • TechieGeek1

    @CraZy675 There's no reason to buy a domain with a history of spam.
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 21:06:46
  • CraZy675

    So what is the right thing to do in this case? buy a trusted domain and just use the spammy domain as a redirect for humans?
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 20:57:54
  • troglodyte3344

    were you being a black hat or a black moustache?
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 19:51:33
  • imrankhanseo

    mahahah evil laugh black hats very nicely explained matt... That's the reason i am fan of your video's Regards Imran Khan
    Wednesday 14 July 2010 19:20:12
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