Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
Most of these domains the home page was wiped out at some point. Thats why there for sale. I think if google look for a consistancy of home page appearing in there index, those showing a long gap could have there age filter reset to when it first reappeared in results. Google would in my opinion then need to work out the difference between the average time a hijacked page is returned to results and a banned page is returned to results. I am guessing here but I rekon to filter out domains falsely using aging filter look for an 18 month gap in there listings historicaly on google.
That's why a web site that is sold 'as is', rather than just the doamin, it's important to arrange a smooth transition to avoid losing all 'credit'.
Domain buyers who use totally new (=different) content get little benfit from the previous life. Just a few refrrals from old links, most of whom will leave immediately on not finding what they expected.
So no worries there!