Which types of domains are best in Google's eye?

[Johnletton]

I was reading something about Domains in SEOMOZ site where SEOMOZ mentioned that .cc, .ws .info type domains are spam indicators.

[Presto Smith]

I don't have any experience with SEOMOZ, but in general it is a good idea to start with a .com and then pick up the extra extensions as redirects.

[jerytohn]

Most would agree that .com, .net and .org are the top three most desirable domain extensions. Both in terms of ability to rank and resale value ...

[rahmanpaidar]

Local domains are also good for getting traffics from certain communities.
For example .de, .fr, ... are also desirable for sites targetting special nations.
They will rank higher than .com and .org in Germany and France respectively if
other conditions are the same.

[xylement]

totally agree with presto.... that is what usually I do... get a .com then followed by other domains and then redirects them =)

[Adela Promotion]

.com is still the primary domain name. As I am so

[taffiliae]

Do you get much traffic to the redirect domains?

How do you drive traffic to visit a redirected domain using SEO?

As the redirect domain does not have any content to attract traffic,
how does it get listed in the SERPS?

Would you use this tatic for landing pages + forum marketing or relevant
PPC campaing to drive traffic, rather than a regular blog?

Thanks Warriors

[goldhome]

Extensions that shows the geographic locations are best for ranking regionally. If a website is only to rank in a particular location, the location based would be the best. For global promotion .com is unbeatable..

[itsallwhite]

It depends on your purpose - with the new Google updates you need to create a 'community site' if you want to dominate the search engines - you need to brand and to do that I still think a .com is probably where you want to go, but avoid keyword-keyword-keyword and go for something memorable and brand able.

Second level in my opinion are .net and .org, but like others have said on this forum a quality .info site can easily out rank a rubbish .com

Would be interested to see if anyone has done any testing to see if keyword match domains have suffered much in latest update or not.

[webnseo]

I think .com, .org and .net is the best domain name which Google easily crawl.......

[Logo Design]

Google doesn't prefer...Only .com is good extension for SEO point of view

[linkassistant]

I wouldn't make much fuss about it.

.ws and .cc are simply Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) for Samoa and Cocos Islands respectively, with .ws is mostly used for warez content. There is nothing wrong with .info - lots of .info websites rank high in Google if they are not spam.

[razorico]

edu, org, info domains are very attractive to google.

[seoservicesaustralia]

Hi

Google easily crawl Domain Like .com, .info, .net It is Best Domain.

[jackwebson]

Most of the sites using .com rank well on Google so I can really recommend using this TLD.

[murrad]

.com, .net, .org, .gov and .edu are good to start with. Google recently crawling on .gov & .edu, you have more chance to get good position on google if you go with .edu domains.

[jnomanh]

I think .com, .org and .net is the best domain name which Google easily crawl

[Kevin pitt]

.i think .com, .net, .info , .edu ,.gov are the best domains in Google's eyes.

[hammertorch]

i guess its .com and .edu since they are pretty common for blog sites

[BudgetSEO]

One's with unique and juicy content.

[SEO Journalist]

Google really only praises three types: .com, .net, and .org. Sometimes you get a .info with good rank.

[EvanHinrichsen]

Local domain names will often rank better in your local country. I.e. .com.au will rank better in Google.com.au...

[MikeFriedman]

Which types of domains are best in Google's eye?


The ones with a PR of 10.

End of discussion.

[deyong]

.com .net .org

[paulgl]

Why do people misread the question, and go off on a tangent?

In google's eye, it makes no difference.

In people's eyes, they have a warped sense of what a machine
likes or dislikes. So you get a whole bunch of answers that have
nothing to do with google.

It's what you do with the domain.

Paul

[AksGame]

Google loves com , net and org and if you are smart enough to get hands on edu or gov than you got special love from google

[SmithJones]

.com is best domain extension according to seo point of view

[krestup]

.com is gold but some of my .info website do rank on google. I think the problem with .info domain is that they have less value as compared to .com, .net, .org...