Marketing_Guy - 2:40 am on Nov 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

> WebmasterWorld is registered until December 2014.

And it was updated to 10 years when the Google patent mentioning length of domain name registration came to light. Doesn't mean it has any impact whatsoever - just idle speculation that "can't hurt to try".

Of course the rush of websites registering for 10 years at that time would give Google a great list of sites that "know SEO"...

My hosting company sent an email to all its clients saying if WE link to THEM then OUR search rankings will improve (a misguided interpretation of the theory that linking to "authority" sites helps your rankings).

Seriously folks - does anyone honestly believe that a factor that ANYONE can control at the drop of a hat can in anyway influence organic SERPs? If it was ever a factor, it ceased being so the second the SEO community digested the patent mentioning it.

Ben - its just your registrar trying to sell you something based on an unproven, unrealistic and unlikely theory. It isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference to your rankings if you do it or not. Base your decision on the business impact of the situation (they offering a reduced price for 10 year registration? They should - they get your business for a decade and more money from you now).

MG