How important is the age of competing domains?

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I've been researching a few different niches and everything is good...except some of them have competing domains that have been around for 5-10 years. Besides that, everything looks pretty good. How important is the age? is it big enough to be a deal breaker?
 


Not a deal breaker. But do they have the keywords in the domain too? Or can you get the keywors in the domain? Google is apeshit crazy about that right now.
 
3 months seems to be the average "throttle" for domains on google, anything older than that should be fine as long as the rest of your SEO is good.
 
I am seeing more around 6-8 months on getting out of the sandbox unless your links are crazy. I know domains that are 5+ years old are seeing a huge bump.
 
The age of the site is a pretty big ranking factor. Because the older the domain, the older the links from other aged sites = "trust" in the eyes of Google...
 
If you could get a general domain name that had a few years on it and maybe a few links already in place, or yourkeywords.com, which would be better to start off with? I'm testing both ways right now but am interested in other opinions.
 
If the "general domain" is too general and you are marketing to a niche audience, you'll be better starting with the mykeywords or even a mybrand domain. The answer to your question depends completely on the market you are entering into.
 
i dunno how but i've hit 7th in google so far, and i hit 1st spot if they kw's are missing a space...ex:

KW: x y z
My site name: xyz.com
7th spot search: x y z
1st spot searches: xy z, or x yz, or xyz.

And after my site actually got indexed into google on the 26th i've had close to 900 clicks. If i just finished my damn site, i'd make me some sales. So to me, age hasn't been a factor like i originally thought it would be.
 
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