My SEO result after 1st week on .info domain

[KristofSX]

hey all!
I've build a site on .info domain on a competitive niche (health/fitness) and for my main - most competitive keyword (5.6mil broad results) and after a week my site is on 17th page (176 place to be exact). I've implement well known methods (bookmarks,articles etc).so far have only 6 articles on my site (100% unique, each one targeting diff keyword)

so, how do do You think, is it a good score?

[ProdigyMike]

Sounds great so far, keep pushin'. I'm curious to see what week 2 looks like.

[razorhound]

It's too soon to tell imo, at least give it a month.

[JerrickYeoh]

it will bring you a good motivation if you able to see the result now.
But yet it too early to happy with it, what most concern for new website is check on the Google PR. After few month, you may check once Google PR update. That most important to you.

[Tuffy22]

It's still early on, but for a competitive niche like that, it has to feel good. Have a strategy, stick to it, and keep chipping away. Get it!

[gman0156]

that's great, good experiment. I got .info long time ago and give it up already.

[MarkSherris]

.info.... .com.... .net - they will all rank, it really doesn't matter which one you go for, the only benefit of .com over others like .info is that they look more attractive and people are potentially more likely to click on them.

[terryd]

I don't agree with that statement at all. I struggle to find .info domains that rank for competitive terms and the only benefit of a .com is that they look more attractive?

There is a reason some people only use .com, .net and .org.... I would never use a .info myself.

Originally Posted by MarkSherris

.info.... .com.... .net - they will all rank, it really doesn't matter which one you go for, the only benefit of .com over others like .info is that they look more attractive and people are potentially more likely to click on them.

[redtaksaka]

I had stopped looking competition from the search numbers sometimes ago. I measure my competition by looking "who" are on top 10. How old their domains are? How many backlinks they have? Are the backlinks in good quality? Are they specifically aftering the same keyword phrase as me? Just basic questions. The answer of that question, will give me the slightest idea of your .info odds to get to page one.

Search numbers give me the possibility of revenue stream, not the competition.
But, if so far your site moving forward, just keep doing what you've been doing so far. I cheer on you mate. Good luck

[Aldiyar1]

At this time it is difficult to say anything. What I have faced before Google has so called ranking waves. My sites sometime were on 2 or 3rd page but after some time they totally disappeared (sandboxed) and after a months or so they got back but with lower positions. So, you should wait...

[salmanbaig]

Best of Luck bro... while its not that easy to rank for a competitive keyword

[Aldiyar1]

Also, for everybody - Google ranks .co domains as .com. I have seen sites that ranked 1st page for competitive keywords with .co domains. But, seems people didn't get that yet. ))

[Aldiyar1]

He is quote for .co domains

...While the .co domain is still assigned to Colombia at the moment, a Google spokesperson said that would soon change. “We will rank .co domains appropriately if the content is globally targeted. Webmasters will soon have the functionality to be able to specify this by using the geotargeting options in Google Webmaster Tools.”...

[brendan9971]

really interesting article will stay up to date with this!!

[yoyoedward]

it is considered as a good result but initially since you are on 17th result

[KristofSX]

okay today my page moved to 11th page
but
it's not my main page but, one of my articles on page, my main page is on 34th , it's strange because this article is targeting different keyword (density 3.3%),
why is that?

[Ross Petal]

That's cool Krist.

It goes to show that you can buy a cheap info domain for $1 or a bit more and get results.

I hope you have more success with that keyword rich info domain.

Do you think people searching for stuff prefer or trust .com websites more than .info or .net websites? That's the only thing bothering me.

Please let me have your views?

[NicSennen]

I don't think the average person searching for something pays any attention at all to the TLD - it's only business people and marketers that notice IMO

I have .com .net .co.uk and .info domains, once the site has a bit of age behind it 2-3 years it doesn't seem to make any difference at all.

Originally Posted by ross007

That's cool Krist.

It goes to show that you can buy a cheap info domain for $1 or a bit more and get results.

I hope you have more success with that keyword rich info domain.

Do you think people searching for stuff prefer or trust .com websites more than .info or .net websites? That's the only thing bothering me.

Please let me have your views?

[skymatrix]

I do not agree with that statement at all.
I done a lot search to find .info domains that rank for competitive terms
and the only benefit of a .com is that they look so good……

[Duc]

I have some .info sites and .com sites.
What I see is that .info sites tend to rank slower. But in the end if you have high quality. They both rank the same.

[Ross Petal]

Thanks NicSennen and others for your views.

Your right, for an average it doesn't matter whether it is an .info or .com domain. I was looking at it from an IM view.

I might start using .info from now on, especially if it relates to IM.

The other thing I recently saw was a friend of mine using .net to advertise his watch repairs shop in the UK. I totally disagreed with him and suggested getting a co.uk as his customers would mainly be from the UK. So I think we should think about your audiences and the business model when deciding which ones to purchase.

[ezinedomain]

from my experience
.info domains cannot get page 1 except after one year at least of contious backlinks building, however you have the main niche keyword

[KristofSX]

Yeah I think for the most of the customers it doesn't matter is it .com .net or .info , I was asking few of my friedns and none of them are paying attention for domain extension.
and btw, I've bought it for 0.99$ + 1 year free privacy

[admin@subashseo.com]

micro sites with little contents are not good for SEO, however it seems to get in a good place in Google suddenly it'll fall, because nowadays Google is giving first preference to the sites which is have good look (I mean the designing) and having inner pages, and have huge number of contents. My point is to design your website by adding plugins and some more features, It'll be helpful you to reach your goal.

Any Comments welcome,.

Subash

[Jeremy Banks]

Good luck but you are fighting an uphill battle. With a niche that competitive I would have gone for a brandable .com name rather than a keyword rich .info. Google says all the TLD's are treated the same but I think they put a bit of a spam flag on .info's

[MikeFriedman]

Originally Posted by ezinedomain

from my experience
.info domains cannot get page 1 except after one year at least of contious backlinks building, however you have the main niche keyword

That has to do with the keywords you are targeting. It has nothing to do with the TLD.

[Aussie_Al]

Nice work mate and I look forward to following your progress

Try not to spend to much time (right now) on tracking your rankings and just set up a solid back linking strategy and keep at it

Consistency is the key here.

Even in the first year Google can bounce your site around a bit - seems to level out after that

Don't worry about all the people who say you can't rank .infos at #1

There have been plenty of threads on proving once and for all that .info with the right backlinking campaign can just as easily rank #1 for your key words

Just keep building, keep looking forward and we will see you at #1!

[KristofSX]

Thank All for Your Comments,
I will be updating this thread with my results.

SEO is cool =P

[RevSEO]

What's your backlinking strategy? Backlinks are the key from moving from Page 10+ to the top pages

[id307153]

I don't think info or com net org will be rank same way. Because I had a domain info . After I added in webmaster tool. I got mail they said don't be spam in this info domain
I now I can not find it in google
Last time I saw in pages 5
I still build backlinks in it. But it hard to get one.
Is this because of info or because of new domain.
I just do blog comment backlinks

[KristofSX]

Originally Posted by RevSEO

What's your backlinking strategy? Backlinks are the key from moving from Page 10+ to the top pages

nothing special THB,- web2.0, bookmarks, services like SocialMonkee , BuildMyRank, SocialAdr, also, YT vids, some .edu links too, I'm doing all by myself because of low funds,

[SillyGinger]

Good work. Keep up the pace and you'll be listed on the first page in no time. Let us know where your at in a month or two.

[mrnobody]

Nice results, keep on building links now

[dagaul101]

Some would argue that .info domains are harder to rank than others, but some would say as long as you focus on high PR and authority sites you will rank, but since the niche is competive it may take some time to see results

[StoneWilson]

Yes, new website's rank on Google often isn't very stable. Keep updating and tell us the result after a month or two.

[vilroot]

you should write ebook and sell here

[white5]

Interesting, waiting for it to achieve top10.

[thegotoguy]

It doesn't matter what domain name you choose as far as the .com .org .info They all have the ability to be "Indexed" the same. That's not to say some searchers don't prefer a .com over a .org or .info and I have no proof of that. I personally don't care when I'm searching for something.

I suggest looking at the source code of the sites listed at the top ten for your main key words and keyphrases on google. See what their meta descriptions are made of and compare them to yours. Don't change anything on your meta description! Leave it alone for a month or so. Your site is too new to mess with the SEO too much. Just observe the comp and take notes. In a month or so, start tweaking if you need to. In the mean-time start building backlinks.

Join MyGuestBlog and start guest posting on blogs all over the net in your niche and build backlinks that way. It's easy and free and you can even get guest posters for your blog.

[shuvo]

Yeah its a great progress and of course smart job from you.I hope you will get more better position soon by creating continuous backlinks and by adding more original contents.

[intelligente21]

Good luck on the 2nd and 1st page

[ds7775]

Just curious.......i had a .info domain, it ranked page 1 in Bing, page 3 in google.com.........but i coild never get anywhere in google.co.uk.

webmaster was uk targeted,the html was GB , and 70% of backlinks where uk/eu.

Have you checked in bing/google.com - co.uk ?

[intelligente21]

Maybe you should try building links from UK forum/blogs.
Hope this helps.

[Shakd]

Excellent Results!

Congrats! KEEP GOING!

[guitarjosh]

Anyone who thinks a .info won't rank well is completely naive and clueless. I thought this for the last year.. .built all my autoblogs on .com. My little bro didn't have the money to start out, went for a .info and it started working. He stuck with them. He now has only 33 websites.. every one a .info and he cleared over $3000 in adsense last month, in only his 8th month since starting up his first site.

I've since bought nothing but .info domains. I could post about a thousand phrases right here and now that are ranking for top 3 results on the first page of our .infos. They work every bit as well as .com. I love them because so many good domain names are available. Google don't care.

[Boricua]

Originally Posted by KristofSX

hey all!
I've build a site on .info domain on a competitive niche (health/fitness) and for my main - most competitive keyword (5.6mil broad results) and after a week my site is on 17th page (176 place to be exact). I've implement well known methods (bookmarks,articles etc).so far have only 6 articles on my site (100% unique, each one targeting diff keyword)

so, how do do You think, is it a good score?

Nice! I love the $0.99 .info domains for adsense sites, they get the job done. So far great job, just keep doing what you're doing and once you get stuck in the same positions for a few weeks, consider integrating a new linking method to improve the rankings. Of course, slowly so it's 'humanized' in Google eye and you'll be fine.

Good job, keep it up!

[Al_Warrior]

Originally Posted by KristofSX

hey all!
I've build a site on .info domain on a competitive niche (health/fitness) and for my main - most competitive keyword (5.6mil broad results) and after a week my site is on 17th page (176 place to be exact). I've implement well known methods (bookmarks,articles etc).so far have only 6 articles on my site (100% unique, each one targeting diff keyword)

so, how do do You think, is it a good score?

Results looks good, but keep in mind always THE EXACT SEARCH for your keywords. I never build a site based on broad keywords, always exact match, because I have found that many times broad keywords doesn't mean exact keywords match. Here is my real life example.

keyword broad match = 110,000
keyword exact match = 182

I was so happy that my site was in second page already but the weird thing I didn't have visitors. Well, I rechecked again and I found out that all my efforts where in vain. My humble advise is better for you always follow "exact matching" in your keywords, no matter what software you are using.

[sebastian89]

I am doing a similar thing, keep me updated on this

[rankinghero]

I still don't see the point on this type of posts...
new domain name... in a competitive industry....
what's the objective here?
To show us that link building increase the ranking of a site? or to show us that you will fail to get the site in top 3 based on lack of real authority, age and enough link juice.

Sorry to sound like a jerk... but all the posts usually are like:

Yeah! You rock! keep going!

Keep going where?
link building from article marketing, social bookmarks to realize you need authority (real authority) to push a site to top 5... top 3...

anyway, my 2 cents...

[intelligente21]

So how's your result this time Kristof?

[KristofSX]

Still 11th page, floating between 115 and 118 spot, I'm adding new articles every few days, and making backlinks everyday.