General Quesiton about domain names.

[artizhay]

Originally Posted by ajwalsh

Another (less important) point to mention is that some people say domains registered for a longer amount of time help your search engine rankings. I've never really seen any evidence, though, and that probably shouldn't be a deciding factor.

Just to clarify this, having an aged domain will help with rankings. Aged meaning how many years the domain has already existed. However, buying a brand new domain for 5 years versus buying it for 1 year will give it any advantage, as the domain is still brand new.