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Old 04-08-2011, 12:22 PM   #1
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Does .info/.biz have the same weight with .com/.net/.org on seo? They are all gtld domain names.

I didn't do extensive search, but i never see a .info/.biz domain set on the top of serps.
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Does .info/.biz have the same weight with .com/.net/.org on seo? They are all gtld domain names.

I didn't do extensive search, but i never see a .info/.biz domain set on the top of serps.
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As far as SEO and ranking ability is concerned there is now difference. Lot of people might say that some domain extension rank better then others but if you really think about it then it does not make sense at all, people just say it so they do not have to feel bad about their lack of SEO knowledge. From my personal experience I can say that .info does not need any more SEO work than any other extension. If there is not difference for me then I can not think of any reason there should be any difference for anybody else.

When choosing a domain extension then only thing you should consider is that it would be appropriate for your site. For example, for eCommerce site I would go with .com for informational website .info and so on but nowadays even that does not matter that much any more.

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As far as SEO and ranking ability is concerned there is now difference. Lot of people might say that some domain extension rank better then others but if you really think about it then it does not make sense at all, people just say it so they do not have to feel bad about their lack of SEO knowledge. From my personal experience I can say that .info does not need any more SEO work than any other extension. If there is not difference for me then I can not think of any reason there should be any difference for anybody else.

When choosing a domain extension then only thing you should consider is that it would be appropriate for your site. For example, for eCommerce site I would go with .com for informational website .info and so on but nowadays even that does not matter that much any more.
How many .info's do you have ranking on the first page for any keyword with even a small amount of competition? What about the top 3 spots on page 1?

none? yeah.. that's what I thought.

.com, .org, and .net are the only ones you want to use if you want real rankings. You may be able to rank a .info or a .biz for a low competition keyword, and you can use those domains for branding yourself or your website, but you will not be a serious competitor with these types of domains in any niche with competition.

A few years back there was a brief period where google 'accidently' DE-INDEXED ALL .INFO DOMAINS.

ALL of them. Gone. Not a trace... Of course Google fixed this shortly after, but do you think this would ever happen to all of the .com domains? I don't.

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How many .info's do you have ranking on the first page for any keyword with even a small amount of competition? What about the top 3 spots on page 1?

none? yeah.. that's what I thought.

.com, .org, and .net are the only ones you want to use if you want real rankings. You may be able to rank a .info or a .biz for a low competition keyword, and you can use those domains for branding yourself or your website, but you will not be a serious competitor with these types of domains in any niche with competition.

A few years back there was a brief period where google 'accidently' DE-INDEXED ALL .INFO DOMAINS.

ALL of them. Gone. Not a trace... Of course Google fixed this shortly after, but do you think this would ever happen to all of the .com domains? I don't.
I am so surprised that some people think that rankings has something to do with domain extension. If you want to believe that then that is fine with me and that is probably true for you than anyway. My experience is different so it does not apply to me. It is the same that some people think or have been told that they can not make money online and they think that is true so they don’t even bother to try.

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You don't see as many .info because there are less. Period.
Has nothing to do with anything else. I don't see any zebras
in my backyard. I guess there aren't any.

.info ranks as well as anything. Period. It's what you do to the
site that matters.

How about prchecker.info? They own the niche. Do a search
for pagerank, pagerank checker, etc. and see what pops up.

Just because you do searches and see none, has no effect on the
rest of the world doing real searches.

Since prchecker.info owns the niche for a google product, and
google ranks them highest, what does that tell you about the
effect of .infos? Sure google hates them. Suuuuure.

I wish this myth would die.

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You don't see as many .info because there are less. Period.
Has nothing to do with anything else. I don't see any zebras
in my backyard. I guess there aren't any.

.info ranks as well as anything. Period. It's what you do to the
site that matters.

How about prchecker.info? They own the niche. Do a search
for pagerank, pagerank checker, etc. and see what pops up.

Just because you do searches and see none, has no effect on the
rest of the world doing real searches.

Since prchecker.info owns the niche for a google product, and
google ranks them highest, what does that tell you about the
effect of .infos? Sure google hates them. Suuuuure.

I wish this myth would die.

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Alright, let's kill the myth!

Everyone switch to .info's!!

That should leave plenty of rankable .com's for people like me who believe in fairy tales.

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I have done seo for over 5 years ans have worked with all 5 of these domians. I once bought i all the same domian with the 5 differnt ends. I did all them same seo on the 5 sites with same content for same keyword .
This was the order they ranked in google .com,.net,.org,.biz,.info
This shows that the domain exstion is important in seo.
Well, what can I say, I can not argue with your extensive research and testing. So as your research have clearly demonstrated that only .com ranks the best so anybody who has .org or .net or .info or .biz need to really work lot more on their SEO to get results or only use .com

And now if I really think about it, why would Google want to treat all the domain extensions equally that would be just crazy thing to do.

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I hope you are kidding!! ).

If you don't then, I am sorry for your customers, or for you!! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? ))

Hey, everyone, domain names makes no difference in terms of SEO!!!!

I've tested this myself, and yes it's no difference!

And Google, SEO experts said that several times!!! Come on guys, grow up!

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I have done seo for over 5 years ans have worked with all 5 of these domians. I once bought i all the same domian with the 5 differnt ends. I did all them same seo on the 5 sites with same content for same keyword .
This was the order they ranked in google .com,.net,.org,.biz,.info
This shows that the domain exstion is important in seo.
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Alright, let's kill the myth!

Everyone switch to .info's!!

That should leave plenty of rankable .com's for people like me who believe in fairy tales.
Nobody don’t need to switch to anything else, that is the all point. If you have good quality site that provides value for the people then you eventually do well. Sites rank not the domain extensions.

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Well I suggest you to look at this thread : .biz domain rocks!

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They make it easyer for you to rank if it is.com,.net,or .org. The .biz and can get ranked high i ahve done it before but the dont get the boost like .com,.net,or .org. i have done rescerch in this topic alot please trust me on this i have doen lots of seo and have exprince
But you just said that your research showed that only .com got the boost and everything else ranked lower.

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They did rank lower but they still ranked high just less effective
Correct me if I am wrong, So you are saying that .com will rank the best but all the other extensions need more SEO to get them ranking as high as .com

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Why do you think that is so?

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Correct me if I am wrong, So you are saying that .com will rank the best but all the other extensions need more SEO to get them ranking as high as .com
Complete baloney. Anyone that says that, file their SEO under "Wannabe."

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They make it easyer for you to rank if it is.com,.net,or .org. The .biz and can get ranked high i ahve done it before but the dont get the boost like .com,.net,or .org. i have done rescerch in this topic alot please trust me on this i have doen lots of seo and have exprince
One has to wonder what kind of "rescerch" you have been "doen lots of seo and have exprince."

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Please do not make fun of my English i am a native speaker and was born in the usa. I have done seo for many years .The reason there was misspellings is because i am typing fast.
thank you
No problem with miss spellings did not even noticed. I would just like you to give me a reason why you think that Google ranks .com the best and then .net and .org bit less and so on. Can you tell me way they do that as I am struggling to come up with any logical reason why they would do that.

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They are because in google,s algorithm there is somthing that says .com,.org, and .net are more trustworthy so they make it worth more in google.
But you said that your research showed that .com was only the most trustworthy and .net was bit less trustworthy and .org was even more less trustworthy. I am just going by your own results you told before.

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It's the same as i know but i think the only different that you barely see .info (.biz is never. i don't know why) on top off google is simply they like .com and .net better. But I know a lot of .info domain name out kick all the good .com .net domain on some niche. Just build your SEO strong and you have no worry if it's .info or .com
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I have the same opinion. These extensions can outrank other websites too but it needs more work than optimizing a .com domain. But theres not any proven reason for preventing from buying these extensions.

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So you are saying that the way Google determines the trustworthiness of the website is by it is domain extension. And why is .org less trustworthy than .com? What about .co that is quite new and clean extension, should be quite trust worthy that should rank the best now.

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They are because in google,s algorithm there is somthing that says .com,.org, and .net are more trustworthy so they make it worth more in google.
Ok, if Google says that it is in they algorithm then we could have avoided all that arguing if you would have said it at the beginning. Just to prove that you are not making it up could you give me the link where Google says that it is in their algorithm.

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they dont say that they dont want you to get your sites ranked high it just is
Well, what can I say. If you say that it is so then it must be so.

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Unfortunately, absolutely not... Stay away from them
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Although it currently and even more so in the past, seems like .coms are best, followed by .org and then .net, it will be increasingly less and less significant as google advances its algorithms.

It's true that it makes no real sense why a .com should rank higher than a .info if the content is quality and it has great seo both onsite and off, but it was definitely the case in the past, and still appears to be a factor even today to many people who do SEO.

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Yes Evren, this information you have provided has really helped to support the overwhelming proof already provided by northseo.

So to conclude, stay away form .net .org .biz and .info as they are not trusted that much by Google.

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.com is still better for you seo then other domain exstions i am just trying to help make life easyer becaue they are easier to get ranked
Complete nonsense. Makes you wonder why someone has SEO in their username.

If you can't even spell the word, what do you really know about extensions?

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I think it doesn't matter whatever the extension name of the domain whether if it is .info or .com In Google it's all the same.
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I continue to see .info's on first page results, more now than ever it seems.

Extensions are irrelevant.
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I didn't do extensive search, but i never see a .info/.biz domain set on the top of serps.
Here the real example:

Go to Google search and type Free People Search on the search box, and you will find .info domain in the first page

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From my experience the domain extension does make a difference when one is looking for ranking power from an EMD.

.info isn't as powerful as .com/net/org and the .info's that do rank well are either targeting a low competitive keyword or they have a sick amount of links pointing to them.
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