How to know whether a domain is clapped by Google

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hifivebaby

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I am considering buying an expiring domain (expir"ing in 3 weeks). Used Semruch to check. Looks ok (see screenshots)
But when I checked Site:"domain", shows no result.
Can i conclude that the domain has been deindexed/banned since Site:"domain" shows no result?

 

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If nothing shows for site:domain.com then yes, the domain is not indexed. Is there currently any content on the domain? If not, then this is typical behaviour - if there's nothing to index, anything that was indexed previously will fall out of the database as Googlebot encounters the 404s.

 

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web.archive.org shows this 'placeholder' blank screen after Feb 2022. Before Feb 2022, the website content looks ok.

 

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Keep in mind what Google thinks about expired domains after this update.

Be careful what you do with the domain in the future.

 

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hifivebaby said:

web.archive.org shows this 'placeholder' blank screen after Feb 2022. Before Feb 2022, the website content looks ok.



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Compare it with hosting history, whether there could or couldn't have been something ugly with blocked Archive bots.

Go through this post https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/what-is-your-checklist-for-domains-for-pbn.1342695/#post-14514468

hifivebaby said:

I am considering buying an expiring domain (expir"ing in 3 weeks). Used Semruch to check. Looks ok (see screenshots)
But when I checked Site:"domain", shows no result.
Can i conclude that the domain has been deindexed/banned since Site:"domain" shows no result?

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This doesn't matter. If the domain is clean, it will get indexed again without issues. Domain which isn't in index isn't automatically bad and vice versa.

 

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hifivebaby

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i checked the registrant history. Was started by audio products supplier for a few years, then latest bought by a digital marketing agency.
Is this a red flag?

 

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Did you check for any penalties or manual actions?

 

WickednDivine

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Domain does not appear in the search results when using the "site:domain.com" .it suggests that the domain may be de-indexed or banned.Use Google Search Console to check any manual actions or penalties related with the domain.