The link profile looks okay, it even has an. Next, I proceed to check the domain with SEO SpyGlass and examine the Linking Domains tab: I picked the first domain, "" - 150 external backlinks, from 26 referring domains. Let's look at a different example real time. Another example of picking an expired domain I have recently launched my own online course on it. It was completely worth my investment, since this is what I got out of it thus far: I wrote in-depth posts for it, like this one on the subject of building an online course on your own blog in WordPress. I registered the domain for $8.99 and built a nice blog on it. The website search history goes back to 2012 and used to look like this - an internet marketing company operating in Australia and India:
Next, I have a bit of manual work checking the web archive with the Wayback Machine. When I originally did this research, I got the following result:į - brandable name, 304 backlinks from 74 referring domains. Looks like a good choice. You will get a message that SEO SpyGlass cannot find such a web page, which is correct, because we are talking about an expired domain, and site search on Google would bring zero results. Click on "Yes" to continue anyway. Now you take the domain and go to check it with SEO SpyGlass. Either way, it's almost certain that you can find a domain that has a great name with a few strong backlinks. For certain keywords you will find expired domains with great backlinks across Google, while for others, you will only find domains with spam links. The availability of an expired domain will depend on the keyword.
I went to (I recommend that you register a free account, because this way you have more features available the website does not charge you anything, it earns when users register new domains via affiliate links.) I entered the keyword "funnel", set the filter to "Deleted domains", then sorted the results based on "DP", which means domain pop, which is the number of domains linking to the listed domain. The search term has about 8,000 monthly searches, but obviously everyone who wants to sell products will need to have a sales funnel. In November 2017, I came up with the idea to start a blog about sales funnels. If nobody shows an interest in the domain name, it gets into the deleted list. Over this period, the domain name becomes available for stakes at auctions that sell domain names. There is a redemption grace period when the domain owner has the right to make renewal for the expired domain. As a rule, website owners get a notice that their domain names are going to get expired soon. When the website owner does not extend payment for their domain registration, the domain gets expired the domain host renders it inactive, which makes such domains dropped, or deleted. The advantage is that it is very inexpensive, but at the same time it also gives you an SEO advantage: once your domain becomes a few months old and gets picked up by Google, the backlinks built by the previous owner will give you a headstart and better rankings. This is the method I usually follow and I had good success with it.