Does having a longer term of domain help to increase the search engine ranking?

This is interesting. I was renewing some of the domains my company own on network solution. And this tip box showed up during the checkout process.

I know that having a domain that has longer history helps to increase the search engine ranks but registering a longer term also helps? I don’t really know.

Steps to get your site back in Google if it’s been penalized or worse banned

BAM, you woke up one day and only realized that your money-making site went straight to the hell and was completed removed, de-indexed, and banned from Google. It’s complete a worst nightmare to anyone involved on doing business online.

First, you should find out whether or not your site is banned on Google.

Second, clam down and check what to do if your site is banned.

And follow these steps recommended by John, the guy who was banned on Google over 3 years ago and got back in just a few month back.

Finally, pray and hope thing will turn around.

To recap, here are the steps in order.

1. Follow the webmaster guidelines and correct what you think you did wrong.
2. Fire a reconsideration request with very detailed information, and pray.
3. If still no luck after waiting a while, your last hope is contacting directly to the Googlers, Matt Cutts if you are lucky.