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Questions tagged [expired-domains]

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Domain expired, GoDaddy holds it and is asking more money

After expiring my domain, GoDaddy is asking more money to renew. Why is GoDaddy holding my domain? If it expired it has to be open to buy right?
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Will redirecting expired domains to my website help or attract penalties?

I am developing a entertainment website and have found more than 4 entertainment domains (expired domains). Domain authority of these domains are 25 or more. If I will redirect these domain to my site then will this help my site or will penalize…
user60629
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Godaddy expired domain transfer

My domain recently expired on 12/05/2021 and I wanted to transfer it to a new registrar. So I initiated the transfer. Unlocked the domain and got the transfer auth key and initiated the transfer at the new registrar after paying the fee. I then…
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Regain lost ranking of expired domain in SERP's

I managed a client's domain example.co.in which was ranking for imp. keywords though low search volume. The domain was added in Google Webmaster as well as linked on Google+ profile page. I believe because of keyword optimization on Google+ profile…
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My domain name is expiring but I don't have access to renew it - help!

So I'm in quite a pinch right now - have a Wordpress site with over 3,500+ posts with an above average SEO ( niche content, so almost guaranteed Page 1 results ) I initially created the site with another guy and he bought the domain name - since I…
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Expiring domain transfer

A domain I own with a registrar is expiring next month. I want to change registrar. Is there a way of changing registrar exactly on expiration date or the only way is to start (and pay) the transfer procedure? I don't want to let the domain expire…
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Starting new site on expired domain with tiny spam history

I am considering to start a new site on an expired domain which published spam 2 years ago. I have to launch a site in the Balkans. Luckily I could buy the exact keyword domains for Serbia and Croatia and the .com. I wanna go with the .com as that…
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Domain name expired but whois ok

I’m trying to help my partners business out and I’ve got an interesting one but also very weird. They’ve got a .com domain name that when we look on their control panel has expired but when I look at the whois register the expiration date is a year…
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Will Google value links to expired domains that have been down for months if I create a new site there?

I found some new dropped domains that I buy that have decent links that are all 404 of course. When a domain is dropped and the link has been 404'd for over 100 days does Google 100% ignore that domain or does it respect it again when it comes back…
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Is there a way to re-acquire an expired domain without paying the huge fees for a "Premium" domain?

I have a few domains that I had registered and used a long time ago, and then I let them expire. I want to start them up again and now I am told the cost is as much as $40,000 because it is a "Premium" Domain. How can a registrar get away with that?…
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How should we handle old URLs from a recently acquired expired domain that currently redirect to empty pages?

I am managing a customer website. They recently bought an expired domain name and simply redirected it to their main domain. The expired domain was safe, non-spam with good authority. However, the old domain had these…
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If an old redirecting domain expires will it still redirect or affect SEO?

What happens if an old domain redirecting to a new domain expires? Will it still redirect? What is the effect on search engine ranking?
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Does Google penalize for redirecting too many expired domain to my site?

I used to 301 redirect expired domains to my site and now I think I made a mistake. If we redirect more than a single domain to a particular website, will hurt SEO?
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How to backorder domain

I would like to set up an internet tool to automatically buy back domain names that have just expired. I saw on the internet that there are several steps before the final deletion. There is the grace period and then the deletion period. I would like…
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Can a penalized site be indexed again

I have an expired domain it is penalized in google can it be reindexed? I think it is penalized due to some bad backlinks if I disow the bad backlinks in google webmasters can it be reindexed?
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