Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 07:24 AM

Hello Everyone,

Hey I just wanted to ask the .Info website builders a ?...have you noticed lately that .info domains will no longer rank..I mean I used to be able to get some great results..but not now.

I also noticed that even though the sites get indexed using .info's..they are no where to be found in the top 1000 ...very strange..anyone else seeing this ?

Oranges · 08-04-2011, 07:32 AM

They are alive and kicking as ever. I recently outranked a 4 years old .com with an exact match .info domain and this is after panda update. TLD doesn't really matter, you can rank them if you know your stuff well.

dcristo · 08-04-2011, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oranges

They are alive and kicking as ever. I recently outranked a 4 years old .com with an exact match .info domain and this is after panda update. TLD doesn't really matter, you can rank them if you know your stuff well.

Well said sir.

Why people think google would punish a whole TLD just boggles my mind.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 07:36 AM

I have seen a change..I have 2 .info sites right now that are 100% seo and they are indexed but no where to be found in the top 1000..maybe it's because it's the beginning on the month...the sites are less than a week old..but still they can not be found in the top 1000 results..and yes these are for low competition keywords also...not sure what to think

goodluckdomain · 08-04-2011, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

Hello Everyone,

Hey I just wanted to ask the .Info website builders a ?...have you noticed lately that .info domains will no longer rank..I mean I used to be able to get some great results..but not now.

I also noticed that even though the sites get indexed using .info's..they are no where to be found in the top 1000 ...very strange..anyone else seeing this ?

Because Most of the spammers register their domain in .info. for example just search for "Free Do follow Social Bookmarking Sites" you can able to see a list of bookmarking sites in .info which are useless so thin before when you submit link n .info sites

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by goodluckdomain

Because Most of the spammers register their domain in .info. for example just search for "Free Do follow Social Bookmarking Sites" you can able to see a list of bookmarking sites in .info which are useless so thin before when you submit link n .info sites

I have been able to rank .info's in the past no problem...but something seems to have changed recently.

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

I have seen a change..I have 2 .info sites right now that are 100% seo and they are indexed but no where to be found in the top 1000..maybe it's because it's the beginning on the month...the sites are less than a week old..but still they can not be found in the top 1000 results..and yes these are for low competition keywords also...not sure what to think

So your sites are less than a week old and not ranking yet, and you assume that Google has just stopped ranking .info's?

I bought a .com yesterday that's not ranking yet. Google must have stopped ranking those too.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 08:04 AM

No what I'm saying is that they are Indexed but not showing in the top 1000 results.

GMD · 08-04-2011, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

I have seen a change..I have 2 .info sites right now that are 100% seo and they are indexed but no where to be found in the top 1000..maybe it's because it's the beginning on the month...the sites are less than a week old..but still they can not be found in the top 1000 results..and yes these are for low competition keywords also...not sure what to think

I think no matter what you think, nobody is penalized because of their dot extension. Period.

I would get out of the .info handicap mindset and go back to the drawing board and focus on other issues that might be holding your site/sites back in the ranking. Of course, too, you could be involved in the Google dance at the moment. Keep doing SEO, building backlinks, building traffic and if your really in a low competition keyword area here, you WILL see results from your hard work.

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

No what I'm saying is that they are Indexed but not showing in the top 1000 results.

And I'm saying, so what?

They are so new that you cannot make any logical conclusion on them. You may have had sites rank that fast in the past, but there is no guarantee that any site will rank that fast no matter what you do or what its TLD is (even in the top 1000).

Just because they didn't rank in a few days this time you are assuming that Google has it out for .info's. That is just ridiculous.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

And I'm saying, so what?

They are so new that you cannot make any logical conclusion on them. You may have had sites rank that fast in the past, but there is no guarantee that any site will rank that fast no matter what you do or what its TLD is (even in the top 1000).

Just because they didn't rank in a few days this time you are assuming that Google has it out for .info's. That is just ridiculous.

So help me out here Mike..is this normal to see a site Indexed but not show in the top 100 results for a low competition keyword ?...Is this what you have experienced when using .info ?.. I have never seen this before.

bhuff85 · 08-04-2011, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

No what I'm saying is that they are Indexed but not showing in the top 1000 results.

Keep building links with consistent slowly over time. Low competition or not, some sites take more time than others to hit that first page, .info domain or not. I truthfully wouldn't be concerned since it has only been one week. This happens with a lot of my websites, but I noticed after two to three weeks they creep to within the 1st or 2nd page for their targeted keywords. Once that point arrives, I can assess the situation and determine if I will need more backlinks built out or not and go from there.

I can tell you that .info domains are still ranking as well as ever. I have one that's just about 2 weeks old and is sitting at #11 for it's keyword. Give it another week and a couple more diversified backlinks and it'll be on the 1st page without issue.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by bhuff85

Keep building links with consistent slowly over time. Low competition or not, some sites take more time than others to hit that first page, .info domain or not. I truthfully wouldn't be concerned since it has only been one week. This happens with a lot of my websites, but I noticed after two to three weeks they creep to within the 1st or 2nd page for their targeted keywords. Once that point arrives, I can assess the situation and determine if I will need more backlinks built out or not and go from there.

I can tell you that .info domains are still ranking as well as ever. I have one that's just about 2 weeks old and is sitting at #11 for it's keyword. Give it another week and a couple more diversified backlinks and it'll be on the 1st page without issue.

So in your experience when you first get a .info site indexed has it been normal to not see it show in the first 1000 results ?

dcristo · 08-04-2011, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

So in your experience when you first get a .info site indexed has it been normal to not see it show in the first 1000 results ?

Of course, how can you expect a new site to rank straight away?

JamesGw · 08-04-2011, 10:01 AM

I have several .info domains on the first page of Google with 15,000+ allintitle competition. So no, I haven't seen any issue. Sounds like it's your sites more than anything else.

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

So help me out here Mike..is this normal to see a site Indexed but not show in the top 100 results for a low competition keyword ?...Is this what you have experienced when using .info ?.. I have never seen this before.

Everyone has different opinions on low and high competition, but honestly, I almost never bother to check my rankings for at least the first 10-14 days no matter what the competition level.

All I am saying is that you are making a really broad generalization on a very small sample size.

Based on the information provided, it is silly to jump to the conclusion that Google is not ranking .info's because you had 2 sites that didn't rank in the top 1000 in 5 days.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dcristo

Of course, how can you expect a new site to rank straight away?

I don't consider it ranking by showing in the first 1000 results..that is all Google shows in it's index..so if it's indexed it should show some where in the 1000 results right ??

francischan35 · 08-04-2011, 10:09 AM

even it is .info .com or .net etc. you can rank your page in anyway you want to be. You need to have patient and hard work by on-page & off-page optimization, quality link building and social media marketing.

ckrieger · 08-04-2011, 10:10 AM

Just because Google may only show 1000 results from it's index doesn't mean that is all the sites in the index. There are thousands of results that could be in their index but aren't in the top 1000 results.

aymen99 · 08-04-2011, 10:15 AM

Thats not true at all ! well to give you an example on how the TLD doesn't matter at all , recently i outranked a really old domain with a wordpress.com blog that i made just for experimenting few things

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

I don't consider it ranking by showing in the first 1000 results..that is all Google shows in it's index..so if it's indexed it should show some where in the 1000 results right ??

No. That means nothing.

Google might have 150,000 sites in its index for that search term. It only shows 1000 because it would be pointless to show more. Nobody searches that deep for something.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 10:21 AM

Ok ..thanks guys..I will see what happens over the next week or so.

xxxJamesxxx · 08-04-2011, 10:23 AM

All my .info are all still good post Panda so I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you.

James

Oranges · 08-04-2011, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumkist

No what I'm saying is that they are Indexed but not showing in the top 1000 results.

Throw some social media and HIGH PR home page links to your .info site, it will start picking up. Remember link velocity counts for a lot, specially after panda stuff.

Follow what this guy is doing, you'll be fine with any domain.

easy7 · 08-04-2011, 12:21 PM

and you'll get a .info domain and do all that work for just rank the domain .info? are you guys serious

?

i'll never get a .info domain i'll prefer register 2 domain an .edu ( because we can

) and point some worth article and point them to the .com domain and BAM ! you'll se the rank increase like hell

just by sum static page from .edu domain point to your site, ping - bookmark and blog comment em rss sumbit , Sitmap ect., .edu domain will never get ban by G

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easy7

and you'll get a .info domain and do all that work for just rank the domain .info? are you guys serious

?

i'll never get a .info domain i'll prefer register 2 domain an .edu ( because we can

) and point some worth article and point them to the .com domain and BAM ! you'll se the rank increase like hell

just by sum static page from .edu domain point to your site, ping - bookmark and blog comment em rss sumbit , Sitmap ect., .edu domain will never get ban by G

If you believe that brand new .edu domains have some special ranking power, you are way behind in SEO. You might as well just have a brand new .com, .net, .bs or whatever. They all have the same ranking power.

.edu's are no different than any other backlink.

howinfo · 08-04-2011, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

Hello Everyone,

Hey I just wanted to ask the .Info website builders a ?...have you noticed lately that .info domains will no longer rank..I mean I used to be able to get some great results..but not now.

I also noticed that even though the sites get indexed using .info's..they are no where to be found in the top 1000 ...very strange..anyone else seeing this ?

Your headline should have been: My Week Old Site Is Not Raking On Google

My site that is on .info ranks very well and also lot of other peoples site mentioned above are ranking well so do you think Google has singled your domain out or your non-ranking could be down to some other factors?

My concern is that some people who are new to IM and domain names read headline like this and think that domain extensions can somehow affect your rankings. If you are also new to internet and you have read some misinformation and think that the domain extension can affect your ranking somehow then I can understand your confusion but if you have been dealing with websites for quite some time then I can not really figure out how you arrived to such a conclusion.

mak3r · 08-04-2011, 01:07 PM

.info domains are very good even now

paulgl · 08-04-2011, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

I have seen a change..I have 2 .info sites right now that are 100% seo and they are indexed but no where to be found in the top 1000..maybe it's because it's the beginning on the month...the sites are less than a week old..but still they can not be found in the top 1000 results..and yes these are for low competition keywords also...not sure what to think

I think you'd better change your SEO outlook on life and stop blaming .info.

Seriously. Look at the threads from people who claim they got dumped.
And they have dot coms. So, are they to say that .coms no longer have
any love? Hardly.

Like um...spammers don't use dot coms? My host sells dot coms and infos for
the same price. So? Just checked yahoo. Same price as well. So?

Their are plenty of .infos that rank. Still.

This myth will continue as long as there's an internet.

When google ranks prchecker.info on top for pagerank, a google
product, what does that say?

There are sooooooooooooooooooo many intangibles that threads
on micro-SEO causing problems is just speculation.

Paul

Alexa Smith · 08-04-2011, 01:10 PM

The reality of this, in spite of people's perceptions and prejudices about the subject, is that Google (and particularly Matt Cutts) must be going blue in the face from having stressed and clarified, over and over and over again, in writing, on videos, in blogs and so on, that (with the sole exception of specific country domains as applied to relevant local Google searches) domain-extensions simply don't affect SEO/rankings at all. And they never have done.

And however many people imagine that their .com was easier to rank than their .info, that remains factual.

There are about 100 threads on this issue in this forum, including several with links to Google references, Matt Cutts videos and so on.

bhuff85 · 08-04-2011, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dumkist

So in your experience when you first get a .info site indexed has it been normal to not see it show in the first 1000 results ?

I don't really pay attention to it the first week or two. As long as it's indexed within the 1st week (my sites usually move much faster than that, though), I start backlinking and go from there.

Focus on building a good, high quality website that can be valued both by visitors and search engines. Mix in some quality backlinks over time and you'll eventually start to see your site get to where you've always envisioned it.

mandom · 08-04-2011, 01:35 PM

I just ran SERP reports and mine are doing just fine, as usual...

steveshoemaker · 08-04-2011, 01:36 PM

My blog is an .info and I have a lot of post on the 1st page. I sure hope there is not some change I am not aware of.

SpiderHunter · 08-04-2011, 01:39 PM

.info domains are definitely a little harder to rank compared to a .com but the same rules apply: content, SEO, backlinks, just needs more.

frogman · 08-04-2011, 01:40 PM

Depends on your goals.
If you are in it for the long haul it's safer to stick with the tried & true .com. (Escpecially when it comes to selling the domain.)
But .info still rank & make money.

howinfo · 08-04-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by steveshoemaker

My blog is an .info and I have a lot of post on the 1st page. I sure hope there is not some change I am not aware of.

No change, nothing to worry about, .INFO remains the most successful new TLD ever launched and if you look on Sedo or go to some domaining forums you can see how popular and strong extension .info has become. So if there is a change then it is only positive.

paulgl · 08-04-2011, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easy7

and you'll get a .info domain and do all that work for just rank the domain .info? are you guys serious

?

i'll never get a .info domain i'll prefer register 2 domain an .edu ( because we can

) and point some worth article and point them to the .com domain and BAM ! you'll se the rank increase like hell

just by sum static page from .edu domain point to your site, ping - bookmark and blog comment em rss sumbit , Sitmap ect., .edu domain will never get ban by G

Complete and utter nonsense.

Yeah right. Pure fantasy BS. You cannot register a real .edu.

A country extension like .edu.country is not a .edu.

Man you people just blow my mind sometimes.

Lunacy seems to be taking over the WF.

Come back to earth people. There's still room on the planet.

Yes, you are why people think that the current crop of WSO's are
complete crap.

Anybody who buys a foreign country with .edu.countrycode is
getting ripped off. And I mean RIPPED OFF if they think it's
a friggin real .edu.

Paul

JSProjects · 08-04-2011, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

So your sites are less than a week old and not ranking yet, and you assume that Google has just stopped ranking .info's?

I bought a .com yesterday that's not ranking yet. Google must have stopped ranking those too.

Shhhh. I would prefer it if people kept avoiding .info domains.

InitialEffort · 08-04-2011, 02:47 PM

Working just fine for me.

Dumkist · 08-04-2011, 03:40 PM

Thanks Guys for all of your comments

Pagepr · 08-04-2011, 03:58 PM

Yes i also tell you Plz don't buy info domains bez info is take to much time in ranking so i leave info

sandragaff · 08-04-2011, 05:31 PM

i believe it is a myth I do have some .info domains ranking

Jeremy Banks · 08-04-2011, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oranges

They are alive and kicking as ever. I recently outranked a 4 years old .com with an exact match .info domain and this is after panda update. TLD doesn't really matter, you can rank them if you know your stuff well.

I have heard too much bad news about .info's so I am skeptical to use them. I have been using .co with great success!

Also I find people in general avoid clicking on a .info so I fear it will affect my traffic if the site does rank well.

MikeFriedman · 08-04-2011, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulgl

Complete and utter nonsense.

Yeah right. Pure fantasy BS. You cannot register a real .edu.

A country extension like .edu.country is not a .edu.

Anybody who buys a foreign country with .edu.countrycode is
getting ripped off. And I mean RIPPED OFF if they think it's
a friggin real .edu.

Paul

You would have to be a real low-life to try selling .edu.countrycodes and passing them off as .edu domains... Especially at a ridiculously overpriced amount.

It's a shame when you see someone trying to take advantage of those who don't know any better.

emigre · 08-04-2011, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easy7

and you'll get a .info domain and do all that work for just rank the domain .info? are you guys serious

?

i'll never get a .info domain i'll prefer register 2 domain an .edu ( because we can

) and point some worth article and point them to the .com domain and BAM ! you'll se the rank increase like hell

just by sum static page from .edu domain point to your site, ping - bookmark and blog comment em rss sumbit , Sitmap ect., .edu domain will never get ban by G

I would believe you more if you were not selling/renting .edus.

Oranges · 08-04-2011, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy Banks

I have heard too much bad news about .info's so I am skeptical to use them. I have been using .co with great success!

Also I find people in general avoid clicking on a .info so I fear it will affect my traffic if the site does rank well.

BS!

Affected rankings and people aren't clicking on .info domains is a pure BS.

dagaul101 · 08-05-2011, 03:23 AM

It could possibly be that Google is clamping down on what it regards as "spammy" domains, has already done something about .co.cc domains

Oranges · 08-05-2011, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by dagaul101

It could possibly be that Google is clamping down on what it regards as "spammy" domains, has already done something about .co.cc domains

.co.cc was a domain and all the sub domains offered by that site were de-indexed. It was NOT a TLD. .CC TLD is not banned, penalized or de-indexed by google. It can't be actually, because it doesnt make any sense.

Srinagarhouseboats · 08-05-2011, 04:04 AM

.info are ranking well is search till now. I think that you don't have any .info domain you just searched the google for any keyword and fount no .info results because no one e\want .info . People mainly use .com and .net

Dumkist · 08-05-2011, 06:33 AM

I'm sorry but I think things have changed..my .info sites are still no where to be found in the top 1000...something has changed..before anyone starts saying..all B.S..or your crazy..test it your self and create a new site with a .info then you can say this is B.S if you can rank Ok !

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Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google I have seen a change..I have 2 .info sites right now that are 100% seo and they are indexed but no where to be found in the top 1000..maybe it's because it's the beginning on the month...the sites are less than a week old..but still they can not be found in the top 1000 results..and yes these are for low competition keywords also...not sure what to think

08-04-2011, 08:04 AM	#8
Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google No what I'm saying is that they are Indexed but not showing in the top 1000 results.

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Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google Hello Everyone, Hey I just wanted to ask the .Info website builders a ?...have you noticed lately that .info domains will no longer rank..I mean I used to be able to get some great results..but not now. I also noticed that even though the sites get indexed using .info's..they are no where to be found in the top 1000 ...very strange..anyone else seeing this ?

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08-04-2011, 10:21 AM	#22
Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google Ok ..thanks guys..I will see what happens over the next week or so.

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SpiderHunter Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google .info domains are definitely a little harder to rank compared to a .com but the same rules apply: content, SEO, backlinks, just needs more.

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08-04-2011, 03:40 PM	#40
Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google Thanks Guys for all of your comments

08-04-2011, 03:58 PM	#41
Pagepr Page PR links Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Contact Info	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google Yes i also tell you Plz don't buy info domains bez info is take to much time in ranking so i leave info
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08-04-2011, 05:31 PM	#42
sandragaff HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mexico Posts: 419 Thanks: 58 Thanked 63 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google i believe it is a myth I do have some .info domains ranking

08-05-2011, 03:23 AM	#47
dagaul101 Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 957 Thanks: 0 Thanked 39 Times in 39 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google It could possibly be that Google is clamping down on what it regards as "spammy" domains, has already done something about .co.cc domains

08-05-2011, 04:04 AM	#49
Srinagarhouseboats HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google .info are ranking well is search till now. I think that you don't have any .info domain you just searched the google for any keyword and fount no .info results because no one e\want .info . People mainly use .com and .net
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08-05-2011, 06:33 AM	#50
Dumkist HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 357 Thanks: 6 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Dot Info Domains No Longer Ranking On Google I'm sorry but I think things have changed..my .info sites are still no where to be found in the top 1000...something has changed..before anyone starts saying..all B.S..or your crazy..test it your self and create a new site with a .info then you can say this is B.S if you can rank Ok !