Do domain registration details play any part in the Google Algo?

[j10222]

Hi all, just continuing my trawl through the Google Patents list and after some more up-to-date information.

Does domain registration information, other than the domain age play any part in the Google algo. If so how important do you rate these factors.

- Domain renewal period ie 2 yr / 10yrs
- registration details, ie country
- registra details?

Thanks,

James

[Brett_Tabke]

> Does domain registration information,
> other than the domain age play any part in the Google algo

That is a good question. I think we should flip it around and ask it this way: Google has used every available piece of electronic data about websites that it can get too. So, why wouldn't Google use whois/reg data in the algo?

> - Domain renewal period ie 2 yr / 10yrs

Yes. How much of a factor? It might make a difference between listing #999 and listing #1000, but it isn't going to make a difference between a page 2 or a page 1, or listing 1 or listing 2. It may also play a part is Google "white list" (authority site) which clearly trigger a hand check and "thumbs up/thumbs down" voting by a Googler.

> - registration details, ie country

Sure. No question about that.

> - registration details?

It could in some unknown way. More-than-anything, I think it would be used as a cross check. You could ask both positive and negative ranking questions:

Does the reg detail?
- match a known white list site?
- match a known spammer site?
- does the address match a known (blank)?
- is the address in a corporate park?
- is the address in the slums?
- use a proxy domain lister?
- is it is obviously falsified?

As I said at top, I think the real question is not "if" Google uses it, but "how" they use it.