Silly

John Scott · 02-12-2006, 07:23 AM

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...s1=20050071741

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Certain signals may be used to distinguish between illegitimate and legitimate domains. For example, domains can be renewed up to a period of 10 years. Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain and, thus, the documents associated therewith.

Guess we should all should extend our domains for tens years to prove to Google that we mean business.

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Acharya, Anurag; (Campbell, CA) ; Cutts, Matt; (Mountain View, CA) ; Dean, Jeffrey; (Palo Alto, CA) ; Haahr, Paul; (San Francisco, CA) ; Henzinger, Monika; (Lausanne, CH) ; Hoelzle, Urs; (Palo Alto, CA) ; Lawrence, Steve; (Mountain View, CA) ; Pfleger, Karl; (Mountain View, CA) ; Sercinoglu, Olcan; (Mountain View, CA) ; Tong, Simon; (Mountain View, CA)

**G10** · 02-12-2006, 07:51 AM

Whoa, that shouldn't be one of the deciding factors!

If someone wants to register their site for 2 years and keep renewing every 2 years, that's up to them. A lot of people do it this way.

John Scott · 02-12-2006, 07:55 AM

I realy doubt that Google has implemented this algorithm. It would be just plain silly.

Julie · 02-12-2006, 10:47 AM

I renew mine for either 1 or 2 yrs at a time depending on how much money I've got at the time of the expiration. If that's really a factor, that's just retarded.

Kalina · 02-12-2006, 07:23 PM

Well I guess it's only like $80-$100 for most domains to be registered for 10 years, but I wouldn't do it. I can't see myself keeping a site so long.

This news is almost a year old, wonder if there's any way to verify.

wrmineo · 02-12-2006, 07:31 PM

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Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain ...

I also doubt this has been implemented, but the keywords here being "can be" and even so, it would be but one factor. The length of the domain age is likely to help off-set this variable IF it were to be implemented I'd think. Further, I'm guessing that if Google were to ever acknowledge the existence of the phantom "Sandbox" that this is more likely a factor for that.