Assuming it's true, google is doing it to block the search sites who use
adwords etc to make a fast buck... it's highly irritating when a site full
of google links is a top result and they often do one year at a time to see
how well it does.
(many/most of my sites are 1 yr renewals but it doesn't seem to have hurt my
positioning any... but then, my sites are all legit.)
On 4/14/06, Bill Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hugh -
>
> It is the difference in perception and reality.
>
> The sites are not truly illegitimate, whether Google perceives them to be
> or
> not. Many scammers on the www will only spend the money to register a
> domain
> for a year so a lot of us who are careful will do a look up on a domain
> with
> which we are considering doing business and decide not to plunk down our
> money if it is a new reg, we have never heard of it, and it is a
> short-term
> reg. A legitimate business will be more prone to registering for a longer
> term to insure that it is able to KEEP a domain.
>
> Looks like big brother (Google in this case) has decided to protect us.
>
> A scammer can get online with his own web site for a pittance. Register a
> throw-away domain at Yahoo for US$2.99/year during one of their sales and
> host it for US$5.00 per YEAR at one of the no-frills hosts and you are in
> business...
>
> FWIW, I have a half dozen domains I renew on a yearly basis and while I
> personally have occasionally been referred to as illegitimate in the
> vernacular, none of my sites have been! ;) For a private site for which
> you
> don't really care how high you rank with search engines, it should make no
> difference at all.
>
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