Is it worth buying a Dropped domain?

[syed002]

I've got a domain which was registered in July 2010 and had a website on it. I believe the domain expired and it was dropped for a couple of months.

I snapped it up after discovering it in November 2012. Subsequently, the whois records show the domain was created in Nov 2012.

What exactly is the "real" age of this domain from Google's perspective? Or at least, as far as SEO is concerned?

Cheers,
Syed

P.S - domain age does indeed warrant some merit in ranking factors!

[BlueprintMarketing]

if you registered the domain through a regular registrar like DYN.com pairnic.com or enome you most likely paid the exact amount you would normally pay? if so and that domain was created in November according to who.is unfortunately you did not get the older domain however this can be a blessing in disguise sometimes people can buy domains with bad links to them. As always you like the domain keep using it the real age of the domain like when it was ever 1st registered try domaintools.com also http://who.is  then look under history. I hope this was of help to you

sincerely,

Thomas

PS if you want to post the domain or private message me it I can tell you without a doubt the exact date it was 1st registered and the exact date it was last registered.