Pageranked domains are hot because everyone knows to get better Google listings, good pagerank helps. If you want a pre pageranked domain you could buy an existing site or buy a domain with pagerank already.

The best way to have pagerank on a domain is to increase it naturally and that is what Google wants to see. If you purchase a pageranked domain from a private party that has no site you can have these problems:

1. The pagerank is faked, a very common technique for unrepeatable domain dealers.

2. When the pagerank Googlebot visited the site, the site had no pages and no links. (The domain will hold it's rank until Google rolls out another pagerank update and then it tanks to pr0)

3. The domain is artificially boosted by link/links that the old owner will remove.

Once you do buy it you will have these problems retaining the pagerank:

1. If you don't use it.

2. If you don't park it in the right place.

3. If you don't point links at the domain.

If you purchase a domain with pagerank and intend to keep it, it must be parked where the search engines can see it so it retains it's pagerank. There are very few if any parking systems on the net that are compatible. This is one, the best one.

If you go to http://www.findeteer.com you can search almost 1,000,000 expired or about to expire domain names and verify if they do have pagerank also. Please visit the site, usually 90% of the domains in the database are available to register.

There is not much more to say about pageranked domain except be cautious, research the domain, know the person who is selling it.

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