Microsoft also uses domain age in backlinks to identify spam

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Microsoft filed a similar patent in 2006 , which discusses using domain age in backlinks to identify spam sites.

Part of the "background" of this patent reveals that the purpose of the patent is to detect spam sites. The patent was created because the cost of registering domains became cheaper (in the late 1990s they cost around 70 USD/year).

The patent states:

"Spammers often exploit these offers through a spam physician data technique known as a web farm. In particular, spammers purchase or otherwise acquire a large number of websites and link them together to boost the websites' rankings by artificially increasing the number of contributing domains for some or all of the websites."

John Mueller is right. Domain age is not used for ranking purposes. In his statements, he emphasizes that domain age is not a factor that Google uses for ranking purposes. There are no proprietary techniques or algorithms that support this, suggesting that domain age has a significant impact on search ranking. These statements point out that Google emphasizes other factors, such as content quality, relevance, and user experience , when determining the ranking of websites in search results. This suggests that even new domains have the potential to achieve high rankings if they offer relevant and high-quality content for users.