I have been registering domain names for many years now with www.godaddy.com. 
I’ve even bought them for other people as gifts. 
I’ve lost an important one to me because I forgot to renew it but that isn’t what this is about. 

Recently, I was told “Buy your domain names for as long as possible because it helps with Search Engine Optimization.”  I had no idea.  Honestly, I didn’t believe it because nobody ever told me this. 
Why doesn’t www.godaddy.com have big signs promoting this?

Google's Patent of 2005
Looking back into web history (2005) Google received a patent “Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data.”  It was reviewed by different sources all claiming that the patent stated:

1)      Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year.

Experts in Search Engine Optimization (having your website placed high in the search engines) believe that it plays a part in the algorithm of the spider web we spoke about in yesterday’s blog:  http://blog.tarahusband.com/2010/09/15/blog-with-me--spiders-are-good-for-your-blogs.aspx  It definitely makes sense.

On the other side, quirky names that are relevant now may not be relevant in a couple years.  I just bought a domain name with “Social Media” in it which is hot right now – I'm sure something else will be relevant in a couple years - in 10 years Social Media will probably be a history lesson! 

The way I see it, I can always sell it!

Read More on Age of Your Website at http://www.webconfs.com/age-of-domain-and-serps-article-6.php

All the Best!

Tara

www.TaraHusband.com