Monday, 25 August 2014
How To Research On A Domain Before Purchase?
Are you doing your homework before buying new domains ? When purchasing new domains names,chances are they might not exactly be 'new'.It could have been registered and abandoned by someone else before.
Or worse,it could have been involved in some malicious activities that could have resulted in search penalties.So,how can one do prior research to check a domain is safe before buying it ?
Or worse,it could have been involved in some malicious activities that could have resulted in search penalties.So,how can one do prior research to check a domain is safe before buying it ?
• Site search :
First step : To do a site search.Search Google for "site:yourdomain.com" (minus the quotes),and you should come across pages from that domain,provided that there is some content on it.If you can see results from that domain,including the latest content,then that domain is in great shape,and has no indexing problems.
However,be mindful of the fact that if a domain is parked,it won't usually return any result for a site search.So,unless a domain is parked,absence of the results from the site search is a bad sign.
• Name Search :
Search the Google for the name of the domain itself.For example, "Blogging Love" or "abc blog".This often helps you to find out about the bad reputation (if any) of a domain.People could be talking about that domain name somewhere on the internet,or could be spamming with it.Check out what results get pulled out,and see if any of them indicates some cause for your concern.• Internet Archive :
If you go to archive.org,and put in a domain,it will show you what the previous versions (if any) of the site looked like.And if a site looks like it was spamming,then that is definitely reason to be more cautious,and maybe steer clear of that domain altogether.The previous owner might have burnt it to the ground,and you will have to do a lot of work to get up.
• Buying An Existing Domain :
If you're buying an existing domain from someone who currently owns it,you can ask them to show you the Webmasters Tools console and/or the Analytics for that domain.Check any messages from the Google in GWT,and analyize analytics trends.For example,the traffic might be risen up due to the spamming activity,or dropped significantly thereafter due to penalty.You can inquire about these changing trends from the current owner.If,however you have already purchased a domain,and find out problems with it,you can do a reconsideration request.Be careful though,and make sure to avoid any mistakes.
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Author: Mohammad Maaz Khan
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