Registering domains for 1 year = problems?

Should I register for 2 or more years?

[sren]

I've been registering a couple of domains with godaddy and I'm very surprised for what the registrar says:
They strongly engourage you to register the domain not for just 1 year but for 2 years at least.
In a stage of the registration progress they show you a letter from Google that says Google assumes that "1 year domains are usually used by spammers and are not really serious sites", so register it for 2 years or you may have problems with the SE positioning blah blah blah.

Well, this may sound like a little BS, looks stupid but is more or less what I've readed.

What do you guys think about it?

[Webwork]

There are a few schools of thought on this subject.

Some hold the opinion that a domain with a longer registration period looks less like a throw-away domain. Could be a factor if the website assoicated with the domain exhibits other spammy or blackhat features.

OTOH - If I was running a domain registry I, too, might think that it's in your interest to register a domain for a longer period of time.

[MonikerMaurie]

Why not juist look up the Google patent and see if its true?

Here is the link?

[appft1.uspto.gov...]

This is the actual section:

[0099] Certain signals may be used to distinguish between illegitimate and legitimate domains. For example, domains can be renewed up to a period of 10 years. Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain and, thus, the documents associated therewith.

Keep in mind Google uses many criteria in determining page rank. Registering a domain for more than 1 year would only help if you were doing everything else correctly. Example: not spamming, adding content on a regular basis, traffic, etc.