Website is # 1 on Google?

[TheKoenigGroup]

Here is another SEO tip that
might be worth another 5 points: Register your domain name for 2 years or more. (I usually do 10 years.)

This shows Google that you plan to keep the site around. It instantly moves you out of the spam email site category.

Many domains are purchased simply to send spam from. Obviously when they get banned by Gmail, Yahoo mail, AOL mail, etc. they stop using the domains.

Since they get banned pretty quickly none of those sites are ever registered for more than a year. It would be just a waste of money for them to do anything beyond the minimum.

This is a very bad Myth. I have spoken to many individuals about this, Matt Cutts even explains this:

His Exact Statement:

To the best of my knowledge, no search engine has ever confirmed that they use length-of-registration as a factor in scoring. If a company is asserting that as a fact, that would be troubling.


Lets dont get this started, you will have people buying domains for years that is not necessary.[/quote]
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DMiller, what is your source for this incorrect information?

According to Matt Cutts,
we should not worry about the registration age… not really at all, he says."... has little-to-no significant affect on SEO".

It sounds good in theory, but I am sure, anyone who knows SEO, will agree that there are a vast array of more important factors. It may ONE DAY, count, but as of now, it doesn't. This is a waste of money... register for one year... worry about other SEO factors that really matter.

Does Domain Age Matter To Google? Will Maxing Out A Domain Name Help My Site? | Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing & Website Design Blog From Mannix Marketing

 

[dmiller90]

This is a very bad Myth. I have spoken to many individuals about this, Matt Cutts even explains this:

His Exact Statement:

To the best of my knowledge, no search engine has ever confirmed that they use length-of-registration as a factor in scoring. If a company is asserting that as a fact, that would be troubling.


Lets dont get this started, you will have people buying domains for years that is not necessary.

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DMiller, what is your source for this incorrect information?

According to Matt Cutts,
we should not worry about the registration age… not really at all, he says."... has little-to-no significant affect on SEO".

It sounds good in theory, but I am sure, anyone who knows SEO, will agree that there are a vast array of more important factors. It may ONE DAY, count, but as of now, it doesn't. This is a waste of money... register for one year... worry about other SEO factors that really matter.

Does Domain Age Matter To Google? Will Maxing Out A Domain Name Help My Site? | Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing & Website Design Blog From Mannix Marketing[/quote]


Thats exactly what I said, It does not make a difference, Whats your Point?

 

[hlaskew5]

New here with the forum...but I would love some tidbits on how to get my website higher on search pages?

Thanks,

Herman

 

[taterpeeler]

New here with the forum...but I would love some tidbits on how to get my website higher on search pages?

Thanks,

Herman

very simple... you must beg dave miller to do your site... then it's game over... provided you do as he tells you and dont become some i know better i wont do that wanna be seo guy

 

[gweston]

You can get a head of an exact match keyword domain if you acquire a lot of backlinks to your site with the anchor text of the keyword you want to rank for. It is a little more complicated then that but that is the basic approach.

 

[STIBROKER]

on Dave's business card it simply says "I will call you" ...................

 

[Alston]

This is a very bad Myth. I have spoken to many individuals about this, Matt Cutts even explains this:

His Exact Statement:

To the best of my knowledge, no search engine has ever confirmed that they use length-of-registration as a factor in scoring. If a company is asserting that as a fact, that would be troubling.


Lets dont get this started, you will have people buying domains for years that is not necessary.

What's the big deal? So what if I'm wrong?

First off I said that it was worth 5 points in a game that requires 100 points to win. I don't think it is a major ranking factor so didn't put a lot of emphasis on the tip.

Secondly if you are planning to stick around what's it really costing you to register your domain for a longer period of time? You've got to pay your hosting eventually and you might get a discount and/or avoid future price increases by paying early.

If nothing else it might keep you from losing a domain that you forgot to renew.

Why not take a middle ground and register your domain for 2 or 3 years? It can't hurt but it might help.

There are a lot of highly regarded SEO gurus who think that length of registration matters. Some if this belief is based on statistical analysis of sites and their rankings.

I program in 2 languages. Know my way around MySql. I know CSS, xHTML and have some other skills.

A lot of the stuff I do can't be done by a newbie. I was just trying to give a newbie a tip that he could use without having any coding or web design skills.

Dave,

If you are ever in Connecticut or New York city, I'd love to take you out to dinner. (I really mean that. I enjoyed speaking with you on the phone last year.)

The cost of the meal will be a lot more than the cost of registering a domain for a few extra years. (I'm betting you'll want steak or lobster).

Lighten up. It may or may not be a myth, but it's not a bad myth. Bad myths cost a lot more.
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Google, perhaps, remembered your "web history" if you were logged in while searching.

You don't even need to be logged in. Google uses cookies for search personalization.

You can turn it off, but by default all search results on Google are personalized.

 

[jamlexar]

You are not number 1 anymore I think.

 

[hlaskew5]

Any other suggestions on how I can get my site higher than the letter G in google?

www.askewins.com

 

[Alston]

Any other suggestions on how I can get my site higher than the letter G in google?

www.askewins.com

You can do one of the following:

1. Try to hire Dave
2. Read everything you can about SEO and related fields.

If you go with door number 2, expect to invest a lot of time and money figuring things out.

I chose door number 2. This choice plus the fact that I have a lead generation business mean that I don't have much time left over to sell insurance. I primarily manage the agency now (only 2 other agents) and pitch in when the phones ring too much.