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Originally Posted by andrewp
Not only is it important for seo how long the domain has been registered for, but what is also important is the length of time there has been content on the site. The age of links to your website is also something which is considered.
The reason the age of the domain is important is because it is a way of filtering out spam sites which are here today and gone tomorrow.
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Domains can be likened to wine - they tend to get better with age. Andrewp is correct - Google uses domain age as a way to combat disposable sites that black hat seos use for a competitive phrase where they expect that the site to be burned in short order and they dump it and move on to the next one. By placing an emphasis on a domain's age, it makes it harder to use disposable sites to spam your way to search engine results success.
Best wishes...
Ian C