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  • Expired domains from competitors

    Posted by seohelper on November 15, 2021 at 11:40 am

    Hi,
    Everyone

    I found many expired domains from my competitors and they are very relevant to my website. with a 0% spam score and high DA and PA. Does it help me to rank my website for some competitive keywords?

    I know I need to put the 301 redirect but my questions is

    * Does it help in SEO
    * Is this technique white hat or black hat

    TheMacMan replied 2 years, 4 months ago 1 Member · 14 Replies
  • 14 Replies
  • npmbad

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 12:09 pm

    !RemindMe 3 days

  • dvmagic

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    in this case the strange why they have been dropped

  • Ellius_Beeus

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Is there content on the domains, what sort of traffic volumes are we talking?

    If the cost to buy the domain is less that 3 months worth of traffic < leads < sales, then go for it!

    Will it bump SEO long term? No. Will it bump traffic you can monetise? Only you know this… Black hat / Whit hat…. Who cares? If it’s delivering traffic and sales, you win.

  • projectreap

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 12:49 pm

    Yeah if they have decent links it’s a big help worked for a SaaS that did this a lot and it was pumping them. If you’re a local business though it’s unlikely that those competitors had enough links to justify the buy though.

  • remote_dinosaur

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 1:06 pm

    If you’re after increasing traffic and sales, go for it. It does not matter if it’s a white or black hat technique. However, this may not be sustainable in the long haul.

  • ClickedMarketing

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 1:10 pm

    Whether or not it will provide you with a bump depends 100% on their existing link profile.

  • bbax51

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    They were left to expire for a reason. And if they have not been registered yet either, that’s also for a reason. Good domains don’t expire. They are picked up before they do.

    If it’s a very niche market, then there’s a chance that they are alright and can be used, but the likelihood is slim.

  • seobyprofession

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 1:47 pm

    That might help for your SEO if you will restore them properly, add some relevant content to them, make a natural and relevant link to your website and it all will get indexed by Google bot. If you will make that accordingly to all those requirements – it’s absoultely white. And why not?

    Those sites are worth of restoring only if – they still have pages in the Index and they have good-quality backlinks. In another case it’s just a waste of time an money. I’d recommend you to choose, buy, and start to work on the one … then analyse and continue working with others.

  • DailyDealsforAny1

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    In my opinion will help to rank faster and higher

  • Ok_Trouble_5830

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    Are they generic keyword domains? Or specific brand domains?

    Search engines could penalize you.
    Waste of dosh.
    Could be an infringement of competitor trademark.

  • TheMacMan

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    Grabbing old domains is never worth the trouble. Maybe 10 years ago Google would have gone for it but these days they don’t give ya much of anything for doing such.

  • gurpreetsethi

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    You can search for the pages which have the highest amount of backlinks (using Ahref tool) and then redirect those pages to your Website.

  • BuchoVagabond

    Guest
    November 15, 2021 at 11:22 pm

    Curious, how do you check a spam score for domain not your own?

  • BrentDPayne2

    Guest
    November 16, 2021 at 4:03 am

    It’s called 301 redirected linkbuilding. Zombie site linkbuilding. Wayback Machine site resurrecting.

    It’s all black hat.

    It doesn’t work other than to inflate your DA for link selling.