Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up?

bcmwp · 02-05-2010, 04:07 PM

In the last couple days, I've seen three exact phrase .coms jump up to first or second place in niche searches. They have no real content (just links and ads with some pictures), no meta tags, and no backlinks.

Has anyone else seen this? They seem to be everywhere all of a sudden. They weren't there last week.

Allen Graves · 02-05-2010, 04:29 PM

Probably BigG just experimenting with a new algorithm.

sbucciarel · 02-05-2010, 04:48 PM

Might be some black hatters with a new toy.

Rob Barbour · 02-05-2010, 06:16 PM

I'd have to go with black hatters or just some updated on-page optimization for them. Even parked pages can be optimized and made to be more search friendly.

lexilexi · 02-05-2010, 07:08 PM

Post an example and let us take a look...

Nickolie0990 · 02-05-2010, 11:17 PM

Isn't that what Google Sniper was all about, I may be wrong, because I never bought the program. But wasn't about ranking sits high in Google by there domain name and for the short time they are up, you make money via, affiliate programs, adsense and all that other short lived stuff. Or am I totally wrong, again I didn't buy the product.

James Ross · 02-06-2010, 11:49 AM

I would love to see an example. keyword.com's always do well though.

tjcocker · 02-06-2010, 06:42 PM

Observer bias.

You are looking at niches where there is little competition. These attract exact match sniper sites. So you are more likely to find them. My exact match .coms haven't done anything differently. Who knows though.

bgmacaw · 02-06-2010, 08:30 PM

Occasionally weird things like this happen if Googlebot trips over a site.

For example, I had a .info with a keyword name that I wasn't quite ready to launch. I threw a new site building script on it to test out a few things and I used 25 PLR articles on a topic unrelated to the domain keyword to build the site. I forgot that the script would ping and I forgot to delete the script after I was done. The site got indexed within 48 hours for the unrelated PLR content. D'oh! Now if I had wanted it to index that fast I'd probably still be waiting on it.

Pacman131 · 02-07-2010, 02:15 AM

I've seen a big jump in a lot of my sites in general, I do think Google is messing with their algorithm a bit.

InternetMarketingIQ · 02-07-2010, 01:22 PM

How many of the Billions of Search Phrases did you test?

*.info - Google Search

I'll be damned info.com is #1 maybe you are on to something

angelx · 02-07-2010, 02:01 PM

It could just be a coincidence, but .coms have always been thought to rank batter than other extensions. Its like that with my sites anyway. I have tried several extensions

AllThingsArePossible · 02-07-2010, 02:22 PM

I have seen the jump too

bcmwp · 02-07-2010, 11:38 PM

Unfortunately, I can't give any examples without revealing my niches, but let me just tell you what happened.

I scoped out a few niches, and wrote them all down. I decided on three different nice names to work on for the next two weeks and wrote them down.

At the time, the .coms were not there.

I finished up my first site, and vanity searched. Sitting on top was a .com with absolutely nothing on it that wasn't there two days before.

The next two niches were a little saturate on page 1, so I decided to look them over and pick which one to do next.

Both of them had .coms in either 1st or 2nd. They weren't there when I checked before.

Then I wrote my post. It was really weird.

Scott Rankin · 02-08-2010, 12:26 AM

Google is always playing around with their algo. and things change consistently. With how fast search changes, you'll always notice rankings jumping around. Nothing to worry about.

But if I had a choice, I would pick a .com over anything else 100% of the time. It's a good thing to your visitor in terms of trust and I personally have seen them outranking other extensions.

coolseo · 02-08-2010, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Ross

I would love to see an example. keyword.com's always do well though.

same here

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bcmwp HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 143 Thanks: 52 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up? In the last couple days, I've seen three exact phrase .coms jump up to first or second place in niche searches. They have no real content (just links and ads with some pictures), no meta tags, and no backlinks. Has anyone else seen this? They seem to be everywhere all of a sudden. They weren't there last week.

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James Ross Active Warrior Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 52 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up? I would love to see an example. keyword.com's always do well though.

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angelx Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 61 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up? It could just be a coincidence, but .coms have always been thought to rank batter than other extensions. Its like that with my sites anyway. I have tried several extensions

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02-07-2010, 11:38 PM	#14
bcmwp HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 143 Thanks: 52 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up? Unfortunately, I can't give any examples without revealing my niches, but let me just tell you what happened. I scoped out a few niches, and wrote them all down. I decided on three different nice names to work on for the next two weeks and wrote them down. At the time, the .coms were not there. I finished up my first site, and vanity searched. Sitting on top was a .com with absolutely nothing on it that wasn't there two days before. The next two niches were a little saturate on page 1, so I decided to look them over and pick which one to do next. Both of them had .coms in either 1st or 2nd. They weren't there when I checked before. Then I wrote my post. It was really weird.

02-08-2010, 12:26 AM	#15
Scott Rankin Speedy Rankings Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 116 Thanks: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Anyone Else Notice .coms Jump Up? Google is always playing around with their algo. and things change consistently. With how fast search changes, you'll always notice rankings jumping around. Nothing to worry about. But if I had a choice, I would pick a .com over anything else 100% of the time. It's a good thing to your visitor in terms of trust and I personally have seen them outranking other extensions.