Buying a domain

How do I know if it's in the sandbox or blacklisted

[Bonusbana]

Im out to buy some new domains, but I want to avoid the sandbox and blacklisted names. Many domains have "landing pages" for their host, and Im not sure how google reacts to if I was to purchase one and put completely different content & pages there.

Does anyone have experience with buying domains that are "clean"?

thx
David

[Bonusbana]

bumping this. I actually just want to know how you guys proceed to buy a site/domain that have a history, but no real content. Im trying to avoid the sandbox.

[Macbeth]

I want to know too, come on somebody must know!

[tedster]

1. Sandbox is a Google News Forum [webmasterworld.com] topic, and it's not related to the domain name itself at all. The so-called Sandbox phenomenon is about how you develop the domain. But we won't be having that discussion in this forum - it's just not on-topic.

2. Blacklisting is a spam related phenomenon. You can check with the different websites of the organizations who maintain the lists:

[dmoz.org...]

[Bonusbana]

Fair enough tedster. So a more general question: I need tip on where to buy domains + casual content that have existed for a while. Anyone?

[happyregistrar]

[#*$!.com...] has a history section where it gives information about history and blacklisting - not sure if it helps but try it out lots of good stuff there
[#*$!.com...] not sure why this post is messing up so i posted the url below [#*$!.com...]

[edited by: engine at 3:07 pm (utc) on Mar. 9, 2005]
[edit reason] TOS [/edit]