Beating .edu and .gov sites

junilerick · 05-04-2011, 03:12 AM

I've been doing some keyword research and noticed that for some keywords, the entire first page was populated with .edu's. Although traffic travis ranked the competition as relatively easy (few backlinks and not on-page optimized) I'm wondering if it takes into account factors such as .edu or .gov sites.

Are .edu or .gov sites harder to beat even if they have less SEO going for them? Anyone have any personal experience with this?

lowkey786 · 05-04-2011, 03:39 AM

YES linking to edu and gov sites would be taken into consideration because it significantly boosts rankings in the search engines as Google love authority sites.

junilerick · 05-04-2011, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by lowkey786

YES linking to edu and gov sites would be taken into consideration because it significantly boosts rankings in the search engines as Google love authority sites.

Not what I'm asking at all..

vikasrawat · 05-04-2011, 04:55 AM

I think it would be more difficult to beat gov websites compared with .com websites as I think Google give more weightage to edu websites

darsh17 · 05-04-2011, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by junilerick

I've been doing some keyword research and noticed that for some keywords, the entire first page was populated with .edu's. Although traffic travis ranked the competition as relatively easy (few backlinks and not on-page optimized) I'm wondering if it takes into account factors such as .edu or .gov sites.

Are .edu or .gov sites harder to beat even if they have less SEO going for them? Anyone have any personal experience with this?

During my site promotion I have seen hundreds of time that EDU sites even with very few backlinks are higher ranked in google than a .com site with 1000s of backlinks.

2GRANN · 05-04-2011, 06:48 AM

I have personal experience with this.
Yes, it's a fact that it's a lot harder to beat .edu or .gov.
Sometimes it's even impossible I guess.

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05-04-2011, 03:39 AM	#2
lowkey786 Smart Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Near The Beach Posts: 188 Thanks: 21 Thanked 51 Times in 43 Posts	Re: Beating .edu and .gov sites YES linking to edu and gov sites would be taken into consideration because it significantly boosts rankings in the search engines as Google love authority sites.

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vikasrawat Warrior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Beating .edu and .gov sites I think it would be more difficult to beat gov websites compared with .com websites as I think Google give more weightage to edu websites

05-04-2011, 06:48 AM	#6
2GRANN HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 107 Thanks: 4 Thanked 72 Times in 58 Posts	Re: Beating .edu and .gov sites I have personal experience with this. Yes, it's a fact that it's a lot harder to beat .edu or .gov. Sometimes it's even impossible I guess.