Today you’re going to discover one of the most underrated SEO tactics I see most internet marketers (involved in some kind of SEO) not using.
I’m still amazed how powerful this little tactic is and how much it can give you to your bottom line Google rankings.
Now, I will tell you right up-front that this SEO method is not free. So that you’re not confused asking yourself this question. Furthermore, it isn’t the cheapest SEO tactic too.
But don’t be afraid because it won’t cost you a fortune. You can expect to see some incredible results only spending a small amount of money.
And I would encourage you to try out this strategy. It really can change your SE rankings for the much better.
What Is Domain Buying …Why You Need It
Domain Buying can be looked at from different angles. Though, today we are going to view it from the internet marketer’s point of view.
The basic concept is this: “You buy different domain names, then restructure them for SEO, and then put a backlink leading to your money site”.
So you can see. We are taking advantage of this great SEO tactic by creating backlinks leading to your money site. We all know how powerful backlinks are for search engines. Google just loves them.
And I’m going to claim that backlinks are still the essence of SEO. It is still the most important aspect of a successful SEO campaign.
In short: “If you want to improve your Google rankings and get that #1 position, you’ll definitely need a lot of quality backlinks”!
But the fact is that it isn’t so easy to find a bunch of high PR, aged quality backlinks. They aren’t infinite in supply.
It can be very frustrating for the newbie internet marketer to find these, even the “seasoned” professional SEO guy has some hustle.
Therefore, I’m going to give you one of the most powerful and day-after-day proven SEO tactics ever discovered. You guessed it, it’s indeed called domain buying…
What’s It All About
As I said earlier, it can be very frustrating to find loads of quality backlinks. Therefore, I’m going to make your job much easier.
Domain buying gives you the freedom to get backlinks whenever you need them. If you are having a problem with one of your money sites, no problem!
Just buy a few carefully chosen domain names, make the quick changes, and your SE rankings are already improving a lot.
The good news really is that it is incredibly easy to implement this strategy.
The Step-By-Step Process
OK, without further ado, let’s get straight to the meat.
Don’t be afraid though, you won’t have to sell your soul to learn this stuff. It’s some of the easiest, yet very powerful stuff you’ll ever discover in SEO.
Here’s the “killer” simple process:
1. Let’s pick a niche. Say, you’re in the “acai berry” niche.
So, you want to build some quick high PR, aged domain backlinks. No problem whatsoever!
2. We know that domain buying is the choice.
Therefore, let’s discover some cool marketplaces where to find our new domain names.
Possibilities here are endless, although some of the fastest and easiest are: digitalpoint.com, flippa.com, www.godaddy.com.
3. Probably, the easiest way is to just stick with digitalpoint.com right at the beginning.
Head over to the Digital Point Forum’s domain marketplace and you’ll see a lot of domains being actively sold there.
4. An obvious question would be: “How to choose a domain name for backlinks”?
Here’s my opinion:
- buy the PR2-4 (if you’re a beginner)
- the domain “name” doesn’t matter
- be sure to recheck everything the vendor states about the domain
- go for a shorter domain “name” vs. longer (to remember)
5. Say, you’ve chosen a particular domain name you want to investigate further. Be it a PR2, or PR3, or PR4.
When you click on any vendor’s any one forum thread, on the next page you’ll see that thread.
Now, there are some main options what you can do to buy that domain. First, you can “buy it now”. Second, you can bid an amount. You can choose what you like better.
6. Depends on the vendor, but if there’s an option to pay with PayPal, go with PayPal (just more reliable). And you can get a refund easier if something goes wrong with the purchase.
7. I would say that the registrar is also important. Because you don’t want to end up with 10 different registrars for your domain names, choose carefully the registrar.
Have max 2-3 different registrars like GoDaddy, Dynadot, Moniker.
8. It’s important to check how many backlinks the domain name carries with it. If it says “24″, then it is probably too little. I would look for a domain name which carries with it at least a thousand backlinks.
The quality of the backlinks is important, of course, too! Use SEO Quake to spy on the backlink quality – PR, age.
9. Age of the domain name? Google loves aged domain names. So, the older the domain name, the better.
10. OK, let’s assume you have bought the domain.
After you’ve completed all the formalities and the vendor has pushed the domain name into your account, you are ready for the next quick stage.
11. You want to place some links on the newly acquired domain name to push some link juice over to your money site.
This can be done in different ways, but the most basic and powerful is to put some links on the homepage.
12. Either create some links with the “correct” anchor text on the side of the homepage or write a blog post (install WordPress) and hyperlink the title with the exact KW you want.
Put some links inside the blog post too. Simple, right?
13. But don’t question yourself too much about the “related content, niche” stuff.
I, myself, don’t care what the “name” of my domain vs. the money site’s name and niche is. If you have a mismatch like a xyz.com bought domain name and a xzy.com money site, I wouldn’t fret too much.
14. Ping the new domain name or blog post and you’re done!
If you give domain buying for SEO purposes a quick try, I promise you’ll see some immediate great results. Pushing your website up 10> rankings on Google isn’t uncommon in the beginning. If you buy more domain names, you could do much better.
Actually, you could grow all your internet marketing business on this domain buying strategy alone. It’s that powerful!
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Twitter: arniepalmer
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Great advice in here – but typically there is just too much preamble – great this, good trick that – I prefer to get to the point – especially if it is a post that is of value – like this one – 7 second rule and all that….
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I have get some unknown points and domain buying websites.Thanks for sharing your knowledge..
cheers..
Ajith..
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Glad you liked the tips, hope you’ll put them to use in your own business.
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The right domain is crucial to generating traffic and good page rank, to be honest.
Twitter: smashingtops
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This is indeed an extremely useful technique. If you buy aged domains (btw, not sure how important is the PR nowadays – I rely on DA more) that are related to your content, links from there will definitely help you. But this is to be done when you can get your money back. This means your main website should be making some bucks (or at least you’re sure they will).
Anyway, I have a question for you: aren’t new domains effective at all? Let’s say I buy several domain names for pointing to my main website. I put some original content here and there and then link to my website. This way you spend less on this technique, but anyhow, is it worth it? Have you tried?
Thanks!
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Hi Scott,
Yeah you can buy brand new domain names and then add some content afterwards, but it’s still some work. I prefer the aged domain names, because they will give you more link juice.
It takes some months until Google will give your brand new domain name some juice, so you can shortcut it with an aged domain.
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Twitter: smashingtops
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Ok great, thanks for your informative reply! I appreciate it.
Regards,
Scott
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I have heard this time and time again you need to buy the domain name. It is so true you need something that is yours not owned by any other program.
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Hi Jameson,
It really helps for your off-page SEO, incredibly well actually. You skip the 6 months or longer to get your brand new domain name rank.
So you create backlinks on your aged domain, then you can see your money site or blog rank much better in a couple of weeks.
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Twitter: vatih
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I still confuse with your explaination, what is the conclusion?
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Hi Ibrahim,
The formatting of this article could be better to understand better, but the aged domain name process is really easy and straightforward.
Once you get the aged domain name, then you need to put some of your own original content on it and then you need to create some backlinks which lead to your money site you want to rank on Google.
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Twitter: blognames
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Nice article, We must consider these Factor at the time Buying a domain name.
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Twitter: matthewkinsella
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Good advice but it would be good if you could have included some example prices paid for these domains and sites.
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Agree Matt, will write another article, a case study for another time. That’s an important point.
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Awesome advice here, I never think buying a domain name have PR 2 – 4 before, may it change my mind now
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I’ve tested bunch of seo techniques, but I never looked into buying domain names for seo purposes. Thanks for the advice.
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Hi Aliosha,
This SEO technique is a really nice one, give it a try and I promise you’ll see some great results almost immediately.
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Twitter: premiumjetset
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Interesting article , have never thought of buying used domain names , is the history of the domain easy to check ? Don’t want to buy a domain that has been banned for spam . So its as easy as buying a pr2-4 domain building a website and backlinking to may main website? look foreward to hearing your reply before i try . Thanks for the advice
Twitter: rec4marketing
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Yeah, you can check the domain name with http://whois.domaintools.com/ to see if it has been dropped before, as this is a bad sign. It basically means that the seller is trying to scam you.
So, the domain won’t carry any page rank, if it’s dropped.
Buying a good aged domain name will save you many ezine articles or blog comments, because they don’t carry nearly as much link juice as a PR3 domain name with your backlink.
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Twitter: metabolicdiets
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I have 2 worries about this.
1. Don’t you have to keep building links to the PR2 -PR4 bought domains. If not wont the PR of these domains drop at the next PR update?
2. Buying 1 or 2 domain is ok. But if you have more than 10 then you have to consider the hosting fee. And they should not be hosted on the same IP’s , otherwise the links will have little value.
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Hi Andrew,
1. I f the domain name hasn’t been dropped, then you won’t need to keep building links. You basically buy a domain name with already 100-3000> backlinks. That’s why I suggest you also keep an eye for the backlink count.
And also, I like to analyze the link juice of those backlinks before I buy.
2. Yeah, this can become a problem at some point, but don’t worry too much about shared IP’s for your aged domain names.
For me, it hasn’t been too much of an issue. There are some people I know who have a shared IP server and have 100> aged domain names.
I don’t think they would host every domain name on a separate server.
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Twitter: bihar
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How about if you buy a new domain name and build a mini site and then let it sit there. When it gets some traffic, sell it. Just a thought.
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Yeah, that’s a good idea Shalu, always beneficial to be a little bit creative. But remember that Google love content more day after day. You cannot leave it for too long, it needs some content upgrade.
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It was really nice going through this post. I always love reading this blog, and this post gave me several tips to be remembered while going for a new domain. Thanks for sharing…
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Ray,
Very interesting. However, dont you think with all these domains now being on the same IP, the link juice you get from them isn’t going to be much?…
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Twitter: rec4marketing
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Hi Satrap,
I think the link juice is still decent. I don’t have more than a dozen quality aged domains now, but still feel I get a quick boost for my niche websites.
If you don’t have a thousand outgoing links on the aged domain name, then I don’t think link juice will suffer much. Again, never know until you test.
Right now I’m not ranking any big authority sites in a competitive niche, this is when you need a separate server for each domain name I think.
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But my question is about its financial impact. How much will it cost to buy a PR2 or PR3 Website and would it be better for a low earning Website owner or Blogger?
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I was going to say the same thing. I just went out to Flippa.com as the author suggests, and in my niche, which is humor, there aren’t many there, but the ones that are PR4 or higher would cost me a minimum of $4,000. I can barely afford to buy a box of HotPockets with the money I’m making from my blog right now.
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Surely Ray,
Domain buying is an excellent strategy you mentioned here to build high PR backlinks. But it requires some cash in your pocket that is why it is being underrated.
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Twitter: MajorMoneyTips
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Great article. I never thought about buying aged domain names with existing PR to use strictly for creating back-links. Having never purchased anything other than a brand new domain name, what are some reasonable prices for aged PR2 – PR4 domains?
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Great step-by-step walkthrough. This is great because you are buying all the hard work that someone else put into making their site a success. With that success comes those ever elusive juice passing backlinks. And unlike direct link buying picking up a domain and adding your own links in isn’t a violation of the Google ToS. My only additional piece of advice would be to avoid domains registered with DRoA. Very difficult to deal with.
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Twitter: VermontErik
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I’ve thought about this tactic before but this blog definitely gives me the motivation to try it out. There are tons of domain auctions on GoDaddy to sort through every day!
Twitter: raajtram
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Hi there! These domain buying tips are wonderful! Thanks for sharing this brother
Cheers
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Good idea. Getting Google love from old domains will definitely do a world of good to your blog/website as far as SERPs are concerned.
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This is absolutely a tactic which is unknown to many. Buying domain which have existing PR is an idea which many are not used to.
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Buying an aged domain is a great tactic. I wish I would have purchased an aged domain when I started as opposed to a new domain.
Twitter: raajtram
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And I would also like to add that if you buy aged domains is a great thing to do because of it’s maintained PR and high quality traffic, isn’t it?
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Twitter: techbkr3
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The article points out everything about domain buying and i also curious to do domain flipping for fun and monetizing. I gotta remind these tips when i buy domains in future. Nice work !
Thanks,
Balaji
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pr3-4 site cost starts at 30$+, with this method we need to spend almost 100$ to get just 3-4 backlinks?
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