How Much Domain Age Matter In Ranking?
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How Much Domain Age Matter In Ranking?
In all reality, it is all about the amount of time in which Google first indexed, or sighted a link to said “aged” domain. An Aged domain has been indexed by Google for say 5+ years. You'll notice that the highest ranking sites have been around for a long time. For example, Amazon, Apple, Apartments.com, etc.
Yes, it matters.
However, if you are in a niche where even the old websites have poor quality content, then you can create a new website, add good quality content, attract a few good backlinks and start ranking above the competition.