i just got a pr 3 expired domain. what do i do now?

as per title of thread. got a expired domain relevant to my niche and it's pr 3. what should i do with it? i'm new to this and very teachable and don't mind if you have very tough teaching style.

no need to explain if you don't have time. just point me towards some good materials. thanks bhw.

The basic premise is to 301 it to your site.

Do you want to build new site on it or use it on linking purposes for your old sites?

I think you can build new site.

1) Private whois
2) Setup wordpress on a host
3) build it out will relevant content
4) link it out to your site. homepage and in context link.
5) throw some related back links at it.

As for clarification on any step you want.

Recreate the old pages of the domain, otherwise every deep link to your site will be a 404 error and you'll lose your PR on the next update.

Go to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (Google it, I can't post links yet). Recreate every page the domain used to have with your own relevant content.

Your site will now keep the PR3 rank and you can do whatever you want with it. Advertise your other money sites, monetize the new site, sell it on Flippa, etc.

xha44a said:

1) Private whois
2) Setup wordpress on a host
3) build it out will relevant content
4) link it out to your site. homepage and in context link.
5) throw some related back links at it.

As for clarification on any step you want.

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This is the correct answer. Or you could just push it to my hosting account and I'll take care of it for you.

have you checked if site was abused in the past?

I would rebuild it if it's worth the effort.

Sell it and get cash.

The expired domain is related to your niche? You can use it for developing your site, but don't forget the PR3 is not forever.... maybe it can be dropped to PR2 or PR1 or PR0.

wow, obviously this is quite a popular topic here. thanks for the replies.

Phil Gangluff said:

Recreate the old pages of the domain, otherwise every deep link to your site will be a 404 error and you'll lose your PR on the next update.

Go to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (Google it, I can't post links yet). Recreate every page the domain used to have with your own relevant content.

Your site will now keep the PR3 rank and you can do whatever you want with it. Advertise your other money sites, monetize the new site, sell it on Flippa, etc.

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is it necessary to build back the old posts exactly? what if i add new content? would it lose pr? and 301? would that lose pr too?

Laubster said:

This is the correct answer. Or you could just push it to my hosting account and I'll take care of it for you.

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lol yeah right

SkyrocketSEO said:

have you checked if site was abused in the past?

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i've checked the backlink profile, looks good. no IMer style links. i think the pr didn't come from the links. just the domain age. not a lot of links to speak of.

himanuzo said:

Sell it and get cash.

The expired domain is related to your niche? You can use it for developing your site, but don't forget the PR3 is not forever.... maybe it can be dropped to PR2 or PR1 or PR0.

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how much can i sell it for? yeah it's related to my niche that's why i bought it. but i'm considering all options now.

for now i think the easiest thing to do is to 301 it to my money site. what are the pros and cons of that?

If you already have a site, then 301 it otherwise start building it up.

7yearitch said:

is it necessary to build back the old posts exactly? what if i add new content? would it lose pr? and 301? would that lose pr too?

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No, you don't have to copy the old posts, just put something there that's relevant to what the old content used to be.

You can 301 the old pages, and that will pass some of the link juice on to your new pages, but recreating them will let you keep 100%.

Spin 500 articles with images, upload them all to some random host, monetize it as you'd monetize anything else.

himanuzo said:

Sell it and get cash.

The expired domain is related to your niche? You can use it for developing your site, but don't forget the PR3 is not forever.... maybe it can be dropped to PR2 or PR1 or PR0.

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thx for the info. just curious, though.. how much can a pr3 domain sell for? assuming the pr checks out, of course..

Phil Gangluff said:

No, you don't have to copy the old posts, just put something there that's relevant to what the old content used to be.

You can 301 the old pages, and that will pass some of the link juice on to your new pages, but recreating them will let you keep 100%.

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another dumb question from me: what if i used the pr3 domain to rank for a kw, and only then i 301 it. what would be the pros n cons for that?

thx for the help guys

rebuild the site if it's worth effort.

if your old site is ranking good then just 301 it.
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better create a nice looking website on it. you can then use it to create backlinks for your future projects

i think the pr didn't come from the links. just the domain age

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PR does not come with the age, it comes with the links

301 it to your site and gradually backlinks and pr will flow to your site, good luck