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In this episode of the Niche Website Builders Podcast, Mark Mars and Adam Smith talk about eight reasons to consider buying an expired domain rather than a fresh one. What are the pros and cons?
Show Highlights:
- What is an expired domain?
- Why do domains expire? Business went bust; owner doesn’t/forgets to renew
- Pros: Retains Google history, SEO value, solid backlinks, skipped sandbox period
- Analysis and Metrics Tools:
- Wayback Machine: Provides a historical view of an expired domain’s Website
- Ahrefs and Semrush: Seek specific domain metrics and backlink profiles
- SEO Checker: View majestic and Moz metrics without a subscription
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS): Check for trademarks
- 1: History
- 2: Backlink profile
- 3: Domain rating and authority
- 4: Anchor text
- 5: Indexed pages
- 6: Historical traffic
- 7: Trademarks
- 8: Claim social media sites
Links:
- Wayback Machine
- Ahrefs
- Semrush
- SEO Checker
- Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)
- Niche Website Builders
- Niche Website Builders Podcast
- Niche Website Builders Expired Domain Form
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- Niche Website Builders on Facebook