Does registering your domain for 1 / 5 / 10 years counts as an SEO factor?

[EasternEuropean]

I've heard some say that it does count as a factor. What do you think? Is it better to register your domain for 5 or 10 years instead of 1 year?

 

[BrandingCat]

I read one time if you buy it for long-term will help, also if you are whitehat don`t hide whois. I am pretty sure that nerd was saying from Google, Matt Cutts.

 

[wisdomkid]

Definitely. Buying your domain for longer years surely increases it's trust in Google's eye.

 

[loving doll]

I've heard some say that it does count as a factor. What do you think? Is it better to register your domain for 5 or 10 years instead of 1 year?

i think its doest matter because with same work on 2 domains 1 is on yearly based and 1 i booked for 5 years i did not get any favor or trust worthy behavior from google

 

[whiteblackseo]

Probably a minuscule factor.

 

[swords12]

A small factor which does become an influencing factor in determining your site's authority.
I find this to work particularly well for local TLDs - registered 1 for 5 years, and did some link building (mostly those auto-generated ones), and site has been ranking a mid-competitive keyword for the past 3 years now within top3-10, with minimal maintenance.

 

[madoctopus]

No. But age of the actual live site helps.
Ranking factors are not disconnected from each other. Naturally as a site ages it would also gather links, increase its number of pages, etc. If you put contiguous work in a site covering both content growth and link building, in time you will rank better. But compared to quick blackhat ranking methods that worked until a few years ago, these days you actually need to put a lot of work into a project.

 

[The Curator]

No. But age of the actual live site helps.

False.
https://www.seroundtable.com/amp/domain-name-registration-expire-date-seo-26695.html

 

[seocrab]

Not an official Google ranking factor. Has been falsely promoted as such by registrars, for obvious reasons.

This recent Twitter thread goes into it a bit: https://twitter.com/bill_slawski/status/1064332378473021440

 

[madoctopus]

False.
https://www.seroundtable.com/amp/domain-name-registration-expire-date-seo-26695.html

I can say from personal experience that within first 6 months a site doesnt rank well, then starts picking up more traffic.

 

[phoenix9]

Just a myth.

Get google's trust by writing helpful content and strong links.

 

[mycatmeows]

if you generated 100mil a year would you share all the secrets about the inner workings ?

food for thought

 

[iAuthority]

Registering a domain for many years is not an SEO factor at all, you have to provide content what users needed that is more than enough.

Then socialize your posts to attract the right visitors for your blog.

Strength your blog with relevant backlinks from authoritative sites. Good luck.

 

[ridersark]

Some people vouch for the fact that registering your domain for long haul is seen as a sign of authority by Google and other search engines. I don't go by this bullcrap. Tons of businesses open and shutdown on a regular basis.

 

[Makemeproguys]

Just buy a 7 year old expired domain

 

[blackh4t]

Is not a ranking factor, just myth. I never believ it also read it on many a seo forums in the past

 

[jimbobo2779]

I used to hear this often but someone at Google stated just a week or so back that it is not a ranking factor and to be honest; why should it?

 

[Chn16000]

It seems so, but it must be minimal.

 

[Stitches and Burns]

No, Matt Cutts said that how many years you registered your domain doesn't matter.

Everything else is speculation.

 

[blackh4t]

It clear is not true and still some believe )