Certain signals may be used to distinguish between illegitimate and legitimate domains. For example, domains can be renewed up to a period of 10 years. Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain and, thus, the documents associated therewith.
Age of a domain is a determining factor also - the older it is, the more perceived authority that it has, however the expiration date has been playing a role in things now too.
This is something that was released by google a few years ago:
Google has never openly stated that they do not use this as a determining factor, however they have never denied it either. You'll find plenty of information on the web for both sides of the argument (just like everything else with SEO)
Renewing (most) TLDs does not reset the registration date, and so has zero impact on SEO - *age* of a domain *can* have an impact, not "last updated date".The other item that I want to caution people about is renewing each year - this can be bad for SEO
Renewing (most) TLDs does not reset the registration date, and so has zero impact on SEO - *age* of a domain *can* have an impact, not "last updated date".