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How long is your Texas website’s domain registered for? If you answered “10 years” then you gave the right answer. If you said “1 year” then you aren’t very trustworthy. At least, that’s the way that Google sees it.

Google has determined that spammers prefer short registration terms because it gives them the ability to abandon sites that are detected quickly without losing a large investment. Remember, Google penalizes spam sites. If you are a spammer and your six-month-old site is detected as a spam site and it’s registered for 10 years then you’ve spent at least $100 to maintain a worthless website. No spammer wants that.

That’s why Google looks more favorably upon domains that have been registered for a longer period of time. You don’t have to register the domain for 10 years, although it helps. You can register for three years or five years. Whatever you feel comfortable with. But know this: If you register your domain for longer than one year, that tells Google you are serious about doing business online and you are not a spammer. They’ll answer you by trusting you more.

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