Do .ca domains rank lower then .com

[jwalsh98]

If all other factors off page and on page where basically the same, would a ".com" website do any better then a ".ca" website?

[Underground SEO]

I think a .com would probably perform better than a .ca, the only domain extensions on a par with .com in my opinion would be a .net or a .org.

[jwalsh98]

I have done a quick google and I cannot seem to find info supporting/against .ca domains. I cannot be the first person to ask.

[Ricky Dawn]

I do not think it matters at all IMO

[paulgl]

What extension you use has no effect.
This is called SEO by feelings.
I feel, so it must be true. That pertains to
.com, .org, .info, etc. Anyone who says this
is not true, is doing SEO by feelings.

The dot ca is different than .com, .org, .info, etc.
Very different. Are you located in Canada? Are
you looking for Canadian visitors? There is no reason
to have a dot ca extension unless you are looking
for Canadian visitors only. I'm not even sure you can
get a dot ca without showing some relevance to
Canada. Because a .ca is geotargeted, that alone
would hurt it worldwide.

So, in this respect, a .ca may be chosen over a .com
only if it's geo-specific. Maybe. A dot com with worldwide
appeal, would probably on occasion outrank a Canadian
specific site.

There are a lot of what ifs. But nobody can say that any
extension (except for .cc) gets special treatment overall.

Paul

[shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by jwalsh98

If all other factors off page and on page where basically the same, would a ".com" website do any better then a ".ca" website?

.ca is for canada only and .com is international. with .com you can target any country including canada.

[paulgl]

You can target a .ca for anything as well, as it may show up
outside of Canada.

If you are targeting Canada, and have a Canadian site,
you probably want a .ca. That's why google has
google.ca, specifically for Canada.

But I could do a search for a site that is targeting Canada
from anywhere in the world, and a .ca might show up.

For country specific (Canada), you really need a .ca.
Obviously, if no relevant .ca's are in the mix, the next
best site with any extension will show up.

When I do a search from my home computer, in California,
using google.com, for Canadian Parliament, I get a .ca as
#1. Makes no difference in that and many cases what
extension you use. The most relevant site to google has
a .ca no matter what. The next site is .org, wikipedia.
The next next one is a dot com, huffingtonpost.com.

Consider this:
do a search for: toronto maple leafs
All the top ten are dot coms.

do a search for: toronto maple leafs fans
the top spot is a .ca

Relevancy is all that matters in the end, and where
you are searching. Do these searches from
google.ca, and more .ca's will show up overall.

Paul



Paul