Love this guide. Thx dude
No problem, glad you liked it.
Thanks.
I am also using archivarix to scrape site from wayback - if there is less then 200 pages its free. You can set even SSL there or download HTML editor etc. Really good tool
Great recommendation, thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much this helps me a lot right now.
I got a question: would you do a 301 redirect to a domain to your main money site?
I came up a domain which has some backlinks (very few) from really good sites and the domain is 100% the same of my main domain.
Would you do it? Thanks!
I do use 301 redirects on some of my sites, if they a) have enough decent links, and b) are an exact niche fit. I don't just 301 to the homepage, that is a waste and red flag. I redirect the juiced up pages to the pages on my site that are an exact fit.
Awesome and helpful guide for everyone.
Thank you.
Great share. Thanks.
Who just started play on an expired domain, this needs a lot of effort and time so don't expect it easy like you read the guide.
It definitely takes time to do this right, but the actual steps are pretty easy to follow.
I have a silly question that if I register an expired domain then whois info shows previous registration date or the date of when I bought?
Don't worry about that, not an issue.
If you look closely enough at the domain history, you can see each time it has been registered, how many different nameservers and hosting servers it has been on/through.
That is all a part of the due diligence before you buy the domain. But once you have it, the registration date does not matter anymore, as you have verified it is a clean domain with decent backlinks.
Make sense?
Thank you for your great guides.
I see many people redirect expired domain(s) with some backlinks their money site... Can you give more info/guide on this ?
If we redirect 3-4 old expired domains to a new site how this will work ?
Also this type of redirect its a simple 301 redirect from the domain registrar ? Nothing else ?
Thanks
Firstly, you are welcome.
Please see my reply above, 301 redirecting a site can work if done properly, it can also get your site penalised, especially if you are doing a number of them. So be careful with that method.
Obviously this guide is about using a quality expired domain as the base to build a money site from, but I did expect questions on domain 301 redirects as well.
Thanks a lot for this great share. What if I only want to use the domain for redirection purpose to pass some link juice to the new site, do I still need to recreate the site?
I will tell you what I do, then you can decide which method you want to use.
If I decide to 301 redirect a domain, and not build a money site from it, I follow the below steps.
- Build out old content
- Let it age and start to rank old KWs
- 301 redirect individual pages to exact fit pages on my money site
The reason I do this, is the same reason you buy an auction domain, over an expired domain. You want guaranteed juice and authority, with less risk.
Yes, it takes some time, but not much effort and the results are night and day compared to a cold expired domain 301 redirect. Much safer for my money site too!
My thought exactly. I need more info on this.
@fasttrak could you please shed more light on this?
Thanks again!
Please see above
IMO it's waste of time to do all this. I purchase expired domain and 301 it to hone page or related post.
Google starts to show the redirect links in my search console in 2 months and I start to see ranking improvements after that.
You are making it complex.
Thanks for your opinion, it is always appreciated. I am obviously less risk adverse than you in my approach + this guide is about building money sites from expired domains, not 301 redirects of an expired domain.
I never used to be as risk adverse, but then I have been slapped by Google because of 301 redirects in the past. I have never had an issue using any of the above methods though. Maybe there is something there that could help you too.
Best of luck
