Dropped High Pr Domains Valuable?

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Matt Cutts claims that links pointing to a domain before it's dropped no longer count toward the domain after it is repurchased.

He said this is exactly what got him interested in google ati-spam when he noticed a spammy website ranking extremely well because of this over a decade ago.

It seems like a lot of the high PR seo services here use dropped domains to send PR.

Have many of you guys tested the results that being linked to from a hign PR dropped domain have on your sites?
 


How about a link to where Cutts said this?

But no I don't believe it personally. If that were the case then you would expect dropped PR domains to lose their PR after the next update every time
 
WingAndAPrayer said:
How about a link to where Cutts said this?

But no I don't believe it personally. If that were the case then you would expect dropped PR domains to lose their PR after the next update every time
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Cutts was quoted about this couple years ago Do Links From Expired Domains Count With Google?

When I'm bored I dropsnipe PR+ domains, the trick is that although Google usually resets the clocks on a drop or significant whois change, the factors that gave the domain PR haven't necessarily gone away.
 
The first time I ever encountered web spam was when I was working on SafeSearch. There was a porn site that kept making it through the filter, and we couldn't figure out how. After a closer examination, we saw that it had a high PageRank because it was being linked to by the W3C, one of the large organizations that the web really listens to and follows.

We realized at that point that while link-based metrics are great, dedicated spammers could abuse this by purchasing certain expired domains.

Now, there are instances where links will transfer over - such as the legitimate sale of a company to another, but that old spamming tactic of just buying an expired domain for the links has been taken care of.

I hope this helps.

Take care!
 
MattCutts said:
The first time I ever encountered web spam was when I was working on SafeSearch. There was a porn site that kept making it through the filter, and we couldn't figure out how. After a closer examination, we saw that it had a high PageRank because it was being linked to by the W3C, one of the large organizations that the web really listens to and follows.

We realized at that point that while link-based metrics are great, dedicated spammers could abuse this by purchasing certain expired domains.

Now, there are instances where links will transfer over - such as the legitimate sale of a company to another, but that old spamming tactic of just buying an expired domain for the links has been taken care of.

I hope this helps.

Take care!
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I am not sure if this is a troll or the real matt cutts :p
 
MattCutts said:
The first time I ever encountered web spam was when I was working on SafeSearch. There was a porn site that kept making it through the filter, and we couldn't figure out how. After a closer examination, we saw that it had a high PageRank because it was being linked to by the W3C, one of the large organizations that the web really listens to and follows.

We realized at that point that while link-based metrics are great, dedicated spammers could abuse this by purchasing certain expired domains.

Now, there are instances where links will transfer over - such as the legitimate sale of a company to another, but that old spamming tactic of just buying an expired domain for the links has been taken care of.

I hope this helps.

Take care!
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FUCK YOU BITCH
 
No dude, avoid them at all costs. The best domains are new domains that lack any authority, have no links, and are completely unrelated to your niche.
 
Really Matt Cutts?

Like you say there are a lot of people impersonating you online, so if that's really you, you should take a picture of yourself holding a note saying "Hi Wickedfire".
 
Most big registrars tend to put up splash pages on expiring domains rather than letting them drop. They know how much $$$ they can make from expiring domain sales.
 
PR alone = pointless. Focus on engaging your users and give them exactly what they want (with options for more). Do this well and you won't care if your PR9 or PR1
 
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