Google Ranking with a free .co.cc domain

[greenovni]

Recently I made a website about a toy for Christmas and targeted some keywords for it. I decided to use a free CO.CC - Free Domain name registration + Free DNS service. domain name as it is a seasonal website.

I figured that it would not rank in google since the domain name is country specific to the Cocos islands.

This morning I wake up and am in position # 16th out of 533,000 competing sites (broad match) for my secondary keyword and position # 32 for my main keyword out of 822,000 competing.

Now to bully my way into # 1

[Marko Vel]

I think it's possible very soon, just keep to build your links everyday
Good job

[hhunt]

Congrats! If the competition for your keyword is very low, you should have any difficulties ranking well with good backlinks. So is you are now ranking 16th out of 533,000 competing sites, that means you will soon hit the #1 spot.

Good luck

[sdkWriter]

That's impressive for a dot cc domain name. i've had similar success outside of the traditional three tlds (com net org); but during testing, what i found is that i needed to keep the link velocity constant at the very least. If you start building backlinks, don't stop too soon; when i did that during my testing, the domain dropped big time from the serps, whereas the other (control) domain did not. Granted, it's not very scientific given the small sample, but I still take it to be an indication of how sensitive these other tlds are, compared to the traditional three. Good luck on your Christmas toy site.

[greenovni]

Originally Posted by jaywilson

it dpends on keyword competiton but generally co.cc do not rank so well as .com .org. and .net

I hope my little site ranks @ least for Chirstmas season

Originally Posted by Marko.V

I think it's possible very soon, just keep to build your links everyday
Good job

Yes, building the .gov & .edu backlinks today

Originally Posted by hhunt

Congrats! If the competition for your keyword is very low, you should have any difficulties ranking well with good backlinks. So is you are now ranking 16th out of 533,000 competing sites, that means you will soon hit the #1 spot.

Good luck

Thanks! My other keyword is raising in the serps also, it is turning out to be an interesting experiment

Originally Posted by sdkWriter

That's impressive for a dot cc domain name. i've had similar success outside of the traditional three tlds (com net org); but during testing, what i found is that i needed to keep the link velocity constant at the very least. If you start building backlinks, don't stop too soon; when i did that during my testing, the domain dropped big time from the serps, whereas the other (control) domain did not. Granted, it's not very scientific given the small sample, but I still take it to be an indication of how sensitive these other tlds are, compared to the traditional three. Good luck on your Christmas toy site.

I am trying to figure out how to have google index my back links, any advice?

[EntreP]

Hello,

I have some questions about the free .cc.co domain names.
Is it really possible for anyone to rank high in Google in the search engines?
Do you recommend to add the domain to webmasters tools?
What is your expierence with this kind of domain?