Would changing registrar for my domains hurt my sites positions in the search engine results?

February 8, 2010 on 8:47 am | By advertising | In search engine |

I was told that rules Google uses to evaluate the relevancy of a website included the consideration of how long the domains has stayed with the same registrar.
Would changing registrar for my domains hurt my sites positions in the search engine results?

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  1. Not at all, it’s just a mechanical change

    Comment by couchcashdotcom — February 8, 2010 #

  2. I doubt the registrar would be a factor, a related issue, using a private registration service that hides your information from the domain Whois may be a ranking factor.

    There are certain lawless off shore hosting and registrar services that might conceivably be on a ‘bad neighborhood’ black list.

    Comment by Jakester — February 8, 2010 #

  3. I would not have thought so.

    Factors that may affect rankings related to domain names could be the length of time that the domain has been registered and also how long you have owned it.

    Comment by John M — February 8, 2010 #

  4. It should not have an impact on the way google sees your website…

    SysComm Team
    http://www.syscomminternational.com

    Comment by SysComm International — February 8, 2010 #

  5. Changing registrar of website has no connection with ranking of the website.

    Comment by Optum — February 8, 2010 #

  6. Google is not looking at how long your site has been with the same registrar. If anything they would be looking at how long it’s been with the same registrant (i.e. how long YOU have owned the domain), but not the registrar.

    You can change registrars without hurting your rankings. People transfer domains to other registrars all the time.

    Comment by Canonical — February 8, 2010 #

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