GoogleGuy - 3:55 am on Mar 7, 2003 (gmt 0)

rfgdxm1, you can get that domain into Google; you just won't get credit for any pre-existing links. Alec_Doggone, glad you asked that. Right now the penalties can remain on a domain. So you'll want to do your research before you buy a domain. Check it out in other search engines, see what the Internet Archive had as the previous content for that domain, etc.

Hope that helps!
GoogleGuy