Buying a banned domain

[hellemans]

Hello all,

I've found a exact match keyword domain that I'm able to buy.

Problem is that I'm under the impression it might have been banned by google, currently it is only showing adsense without content.

The site can't be found using the cache: or site: parameters in Google and the PR is 0.

What are your experiences on buying a banned domain and how can I double check if the domain is banned?

This blogpost suggests I should not buy it, any other opinions?

Thanks.

Hellemans

[baptisteplace]

Depends on the price, if it is affordable you should buy it and work on it to get the reputation back, even if it takes time.

If you want to make visits ASAP, I wouldn't recommend to buy a banned domain.

[hellemans]

The price is pretty steep multiple K...

How long do you think it will take?

[baptisteplace]

Multiple K, you will have to dig into SEOMoz tools, various SEO tools to get site history and see what was the site in waybackmachine.

I can't give any advice on the time it will take, this depends on so much parameters, before you buy it and after you buy it !

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Don't forget that Google does give you a way to request re-inclusion - but there is no guarantee they will allow it - for a number of reasons.

You also have to think about what others think about the site and if it has a bad name in your particular marketplace - as Baptiste said, this could take you some time, but like a restaurant that has a new chef after the poor one left, you can get this back again.

Just tread carefully.

Regards,

Andy

[hellemans]

@baptiste @andy I fully understand that, currently it is juist adsense without content. I might also be the case that the site has never been indexed because there was no link to the page...I'm going to get a link to the page to check if it gets indexed....let's find out...

Thanks guys...

[KeriMorgret]

Hi! We're going through some of the older unanswered questions and seeing if people still have questions or if they've gone ahead and implemented something and have any lessons to share with us. Did you go ahead and buy the domain? Can you give an update, or mark your question as answered?

Thanks!

[hellemans]

We did go ahead and it worked out fine. It took some time to gain the positions, but it really was worth it.