Comments on: What Matt Cutts Said at Domain RoundTable 2008 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: John Lessnau http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-126542 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:01:26 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-126542 I have been looking at a dormant a PR7 that I could get for a steal (still several thousand $$). I wanted to parlay it into a high PR site with great content. Based on Matt's comments, I would be better off using one of the domains I already own and use the money saved on good content writers. @DP: I have seen domains sold retain their value until the content gets changed drastically, then sandbox time. I have been looking at a dormant a PR7 that I could get for a steal (still several thousand $$). I wanted to parlay it into a high PR site with great content. Based on Matt’s comments, I would be better off using one of the domains I already own and use the money saved on good content writers.

@DP: I have seen domains sold retain their value until the content gets changed drastically, then sandbox time.

]]> by: John S. Britsios http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-119173 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:13:19 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-119173 A question for Matt: Would 307 redirects in combination with X-Robots directives "noindex,nofollow" be an appropriate alternative to the "nofollow" attribute? A question for Matt:

Would 307 redirects in combination with X-Robots directives “noindex,nofollow” be an appropriate alternative to the “nofollow” attribute?

]]> by: DP http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118376 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:15:12 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118376 Concerned about 'the domain changing hands' comment - what about when an entire site is sold? Domain changes hands but still points to the same place/site. Or you update contact information on your domain / transfer it from one registrar to another -- does G know the difference between this and a sale? I'd expect to see this comment made about a dropped domain being re-registered, surprised to see it as broad as "changing hands". Any elaboration on this would be very helpful. Thanks! Concerned about ‘the domain changing hands’ comment - what about when an entire site is sold? Domain changes hands but still points to the same place/site. Or you update contact information on your domain / transfer it from one registrar to another — does G know the difference between this and a sale? I’d expect to see this comment made about a dropped domain being re-registered, surprised to see it as broad as “changing hands”. Any elaboration on this would be very helpful. Thanks!

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118363 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:12:58 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118363 Update: on a related note, DomainNameNews discusses the Microsoft patent on using domain age as a ranking factor see http://www.domainnamenews.com/search-engines/domain-age-and-search-engine-positioning/1522 It's conjecture but it does suggest that issues like what determines age of a domain will need testing down the road. Basically, MS is probably just trying to patent the building in of a trust/less trust switch predominantly based on age. Update: on a related note, DomainNameNews discusses the Microsoft patent on using domain age as a ranking factor see http://www.domainnamenews.com/search-engines/domain-age-and-search-engine-positioning/1522

It’s conjecture but it does suggest that issues like what determines age of a domain will need testing down the road. Basically, MS is probably just trying to patent the building in of a trust/less trust switch predominantly based on age.

]]> by: florian http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118277 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:52:44 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/543/mattcutts-domainroundtable.html#comment-118277 @John: Thanks for the details. So probably a manual review is neccessary. Either for keeping the link value or for keeping it not. I would really like to know how Google handles that issue. @John: Thanks for the details.
So probably a manual review is neccessary. Either for keeping the link value or for keeping it not. I would really like to know how Google handles that issue.

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