Google is delisting all the pagerank and backlinks of expired domains according to a report I read today in MarketingPilgrim - Google About to Kill Expired Domain Sales
"..The thread comes from “GoogleGuy” who works for Google. According to the posts (which you must subscribe to read), if a domain expires, all the links and credibility the site has built will be lost. In his exact words, it said, “the authority for a domain will be reset when a domain expires.” Also, that the change will happen in “a few months.”
This kills the market for expired domains that are bought for their pagerank and backlinks alone:
"..There is a dynamic marketplace for expired domains - people buying sites for their search engine value and rankings. People have purchased domain names after businesses have gone bankrupt or went out of business. If you are registering a new domain you’ll have to start over.
Obviously the links will still be there unless the web site owners remove them. Then, if those are good relevant links, wouldn’t the new owner want to get them again (if for traffic if nothing else)? Will they count if they are removed and then later added again?"
The only thing I'd keep adhere to - remember to wait a full month or so before resetting a domain just in case someone forgot to renew their domain - it happens.
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