Jim,
I used a tool I found to evaluate my site. Some of the results made no sense but it did say that there is only 8 months left on my domain name subscription and that I should buy more time for better ranking and traffic from search engines. At 1and1.com you really can’t buy more time becuase they only have yearly automated billing. Do you think more time left on a domain registration would get more traffic from search engines? Should I transfer my domain name to a webhost that allows you to buy more than a year subsciption?
Thanks,
Roger
Some say it makes a difference, some say that it doesn’t. The thinking is, if you are serious about a website, then you’ll register for more than a year.
So, many people conclude that Google will give importance to this. I have a number of domains that were registered for one year and when I saw that traffic was high, I then renewed them for longer.
It’s all a guess with Google. If you are going to put your all into this new domain and plan on keeping it for a few years, then renew it for a few years out.
I didn’t know 1and1.com doesn’t allow you to renew domains for more than a year. Name.com, namecheap.com or godaddy.com are all good for domain name registration with name.com being the best deal right now (their whois guard I *believe* is for the life of the domain, not just for one year, that’s a $7 savings per year)
Hope that helps!
What is Whois Guard?
Many spammers will do a whois lookup on your domain name, you’ll see when the domain was registered and by who. Information such as your email address, phone number, address and more is displayed.
Domain name registration services decided to offer a way to block that information so spammers can’t access the information, it’s called whois guard, or whois block, etc depending on the service you use.
The fee for this can range and is usually $7 a year. Kind of a rip, but it’s a way for them to make money.
Hope that helps – enjoy!
Jim.
Jim,
I transferred my domain to name.com – it was the best deal. You have to transfer which includes one year. When everything is in place, then you add whatever number of years you want.
Thanks,
Roger