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- Apr 5, 2021
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Over the years, I have tried to create my own PBN's using hundreds of expired domains with good stats such as first registered date, backlink profiles, niche used as seen on Wayback Machine, etc.
But since several years back, instead of using expired domains with at least one or more dropped points, I prefer building PBN's using aged non-expired domains, means that I acquired them from expiring domains auction sites such GoDaddy and SEDO. These types of domains are not expired yet, but parked on notable registrars.
Here are my checklist on choosing the best aged domains:
1. First of all, I will check its backlink profiles using Ahrefs. The most important metrics my selection will base on the DR of the referring domains. Then its percentage ratio over the total number of backlinks. Say for example, it has 100 of total backlinks from 20 total referring domains, then I will take it into consideration since the percentage ratio is only 20% (50% percentage ratio is my maximum number, above that is a bad sign for me).
- Also, I will consider the backlinks' relevancies to the niche I'm targeting.
- Avoid spammy backlinks at all cost such as viagra, drugs, etc
- At least has 5% of high DR with ******** backlinks.
- Check to see if the number of low quality backlinks are far too many than the good ones.
- Since I'd avoid redirection (301/302) as minimum as possible, I will prioritize the number of backlinks to the homepage.
- If you want to get the domain name that has backlinks to pages that will not exist upon purchasing it (404 pages), just create the new pages with similar contents with the old ones, but make sure that the permalinks/slugs/URL structures are the same as possible.
2. Check some whois tools to see its age. A domain with 5+ years old is a good one for me. I will avoid a domain with 'drop' notice if it exists.
3. Check to see if it has at least one indexed page on Google. Here's how I do it (please add more if you have some suggestions on it):
- The basic one for me is search site:domainname.com on Google.
- Check on Ahrefs and on Overview tab, check the Organic Search history. If there's sudden drop to the lowest level of organic traffic count, it's more likely that the domain got penalized and the site owner surely abandoned that domain.
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4. Check the historical data on Wayback Machine. Over the years, if the Wayback Machine had been crawled that domain, we should see the crawled contents over the years. Just make sure that there is no spammy content or a date when the domain has been redirected to another domain with very low quality. I know it will take time, but we surely have to do it to dig and get the gold we deserve to get. Many of you might already know this one, so just go ahead.
5. It's more likely better to get a domain that has the power of "branded keyword" with at least 10+ monthly search volume. I was lucky to have tens of domains that have "branded keywords".
6. Also, make sure that the domain has not been redirected to another one. Point #4 will give you more insights on this.
There are the biggest six points I have tried and earned me very good results over time. The expiring domains are much better and faster to get results than the expired ones, as well as the newly registered domains.
Also, some notes that I want to share based on my experiences:
1. Ping and index the backlinks that point to the domain ONLY AFTER you have rebuilt a fully functional site under that domain. Meaning, the contents for the homepage is ready, navigation menu, some important pages such as TnC, Disclaimer, About Us, Contact Us, etc (this does usually matter to build its authority from the very beginning), and more.
2. Also make sure that your site is ready and finished before submitting it to GSC (add sitemap, manually fetch to index, etc) and GA.
3. Build at least 2-3 high quality contents that are optimized for Long Tail Keywords you target (and if possible, publish them at once once you finish building your site, prepare them beforehand will be better).
From my experiences, I'd calculate and decide whether a domain is good or not whenever I got those long tail keywords appear on both Ahrefs and GSC (Performance => Queries => Impressions [more impressions number per keywords are better]) within 1 - 3 weeks. Usually, 60% of my good aged domains will get the long tail keywords within 1 - 3 weeks. Within first month to the next 6 months, more clicks stats per keywords will appear and increase, and will grow over time for other main keywords as well.
4. Do not immediately build new backlinks, especially if you have not received long tail keywords indexed for your site. Just wait, be patience and watch its progress closely.
I'm just sharing what works so far in my case and might be much different with your experiences. Please note that my above checklists will be much different depending on your niche, geo location and language. But in my case, the above steps give me less cost and time to generate more revenues to my main money sites.
Please give some additions if you have any by replying to this thread. Different men possess different strategies, so I'm all ears for your additions, suggestions, advices, and strategies.
But since several years back, instead of using expired domains with at least one or more dropped points, I prefer building PBN's using aged non-expired domains, means that I acquired them from expiring domains auction sites such GoDaddy and SEDO. These types of domains are not expired yet, but parked on notable registrars.
P.S. Please excuse my English since it's not my main language.Also P.S.That some of these checklists are already mentioned on some threads, so this will be a good confirmation of what works based on my experiences.Here are my checklist on choosing the best aged domains:
1. First of all, I will check its backlink profiles using Ahrefs. The most important metrics my selection will base on the DR of the referring domains. Then its percentage ratio over the total number of backlinks. Say for example, it has 100 of total backlinks from 20 total referring domains, then I will take it into consideration since the percentage ratio is only 20% (50% percentage ratio is my maximum number, above that is a bad sign for me).
- Also, I will consider the backlinks' relevancies to the niche I'm targeting.
- Avoid spammy backlinks at all cost such as viagra, drugs, etc
- At least has 5% of high DR with ******** backlinks.
- Check to see if the number of low quality backlinks are far too many than the good ones.
- Since I'd avoid redirection (301/302) as minimum as possible, I will prioritize the number of backlinks to the homepage.
- If you want to get the domain name that has backlinks to pages that will not exist upon purchasing it (404 pages), just create the new pages with similar contents with the old ones, but make sure that the permalinks/slugs/URL structures are the same as possible.
2. Check some whois tools to see its age. A domain with 5+ years old is a good one for me. I will avoid a domain with 'drop' notice if it exists.
3. Check to see if it has at least one indexed page on Google. Here's how I do it (please add more if you have some suggestions on it):
- The basic one for me is search site:domainname.com on Google.
- Check on Ahrefs and on Overview tab, check the Organic Search history. If there's sudden drop to the lowest level of organic traffic count, it's more likely that the domain got penalized and the site owner surely abandoned that domain.
- (Please add more)
4. Check the historical data on Wayback Machine. Over the years, if the Wayback Machine had been crawled that domain, we should see the crawled contents over the years. Just make sure that there is no spammy content or a date when the domain has been redirected to another domain with very low quality. I know it will take time, but we surely have to do it to dig and get the gold we deserve to get. Many of you might already know this one, so just go ahead.
5. It's more likely better to get a domain that has the power of "branded keyword" with at least 10+ monthly search volume. I was lucky to have tens of domains that have "branded keywords".
6. Also, make sure that the domain has not been redirected to another one. Point #4 will give you more insights on this.
There are the biggest six points I have tried and earned me very good results over time. The expiring domains are much better and faster to get results than the expired ones, as well as the newly registered domains.
Also, some notes that I want to share based on my experiences:
1. Ping and index the backlinks that point to the domain ONLY AFTER you have rebuilt a fully functional site under that domain. Meaning, the contents for the homepage is ready, navigation menu, some important pages such as TnC, Disclaimer, About Us, Contact Us, etc (this does usually matter to build its authority from the very beginning), and more.
2. Also make sure that your site is ready and finished before submitting it to GSC (add sitemap, manually fetch to index, etc) and GA.
3. Build at least 2-3 high quality contents that are optimized for Long Tail Keywords you target (and if possible, publish them at once once you finish building your site, prepare them beforehand will be better).
From my experiences, I'd calculate and decide whether a domain is good or not whenever I got those long tail keywords appear on both Ahrefs and GSC (Performance => Queries => Impressions [more impressions number per keywords are better]) within 1 - 3 weeks. Usually, 60% of my good aged domains will get the long tail keywords within 1 - 3 weeks. Within first month to the next 6 months, more clicks stats per keywords will appear and increase, and will grow over time for other main keywords as well.
4. Do not immediately build new backlinks, especially if you have not received long tail keywords indexed for your site. Just wait, be patience and watch its progress closely.
I'm just sharing what works so far in my case and might be much different with your experiences. Please note that my above checklists will be much different depending on your niche, geo location and language. But in my case, the above steps give me less cost and time to generate more revenues to my main money sites.
Please give some additions if you have any by replying to this thread. Different men possess different strategies, so I'm all ears for your additions, suggestions, advices, and strategies.
