Your success in .info domain for adsense?

[arnie19]

Hi Guys,

I just want to know your thoughts about the .info domains for the purpose of adsense.

How much success do you get? I know all things about on-page but I haven't tried to use .info domain yet. though they are cheap, I still want to know if you have success from them.

Thanks!

[JoshuaG]

I can't speak from personal experience, however I have seen high earning .info sites for sale on flippa.

[guitarjosh]

This gets asked a dozen times a month here. Just do a search. .info domains work every bit as well as .com or anything. There's no difference.

[arnie19]

Thanks for the answer guys. I have about 50 .com and was just planning to experiment on .info. I was thinking of buying 100s of them but I need some information before I start so I know that there is a potential to earn and not just going to spend.

Anyway, other than that, I have no problems especially in contents.

[imdomination]

I never use them, personally, but I have seen a few pop up on the first page of Google here and there, so they can't be all that bad.

[xxxJamesxxx]

I use .info's for mainly visit-once-sites like Adsense sites etc as they rank just as well as any other domain.

However... If you're trying to build a brand I'd go with .com as people are hardwired to slap a .com at the end of the domain name.

James Scholes

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by xxxJamesxxx

I use .info's for mainly visit-once-sites like Adsense sites etc as they rank just as well as any other domain.

However... If you're trying to build a brand I'd go with .com as people are hardwired to slap a .com at the end of the domain name.

James Scholes

I think I will go with .info since the sites are just for adsense. anyway thanks for the advice. I appreciate it.

[IM Ash]

Originally Posted by arnie19

Thanks for the answer guys. I have about 50 .com and was just planning to experiment on .info. I was thinking of buying 100s of them but I need some information before I start so I know that there is a potential to earn and not just going to spend.

Anyway, other than that, I have no problems especially in contents.

This Adsense model is not sustainable; it is better to concentrate on 3-5 bigger sites than building hundreds of sites. Google loves these bigger sites! This advice is based on experience.

[Fortywats]

I would be intrested to know what your experiences are. I have plenty of small adsense sites. Did they drop out of the rankings? I have some bigger sites but I find it much more difficult to rank inner pages so I just sick to small sites and use EMDs to rank. Why do you think that this model is not sustainable?

[IM Ash]

Originally Posted by Fortywats

I would be intrested to know what your experiences are. I have plenty of small adsense sites. Did they drop out of the rankings? I have some bigger sites but I find it much more difficult to rank inner pages so I just sick to small sites and use EMDs to rank. Why do you think that this model is not sustainable?

Because you cannot extract the optimal return when your focus is scattered. I do have many smaller EMDs as well and yes a few have been kicked to the back of the queue by Google, but the bigger sites continue to mature and the earnings keep on growing...

It isn't hard to rank inner pages... you just need to place as much focus on those inner pages as you would do for your primary keyword... treat each category/page as though it were a separate site.

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by Eleva8

This Adsense model is not sustainable; it is better to concentrate on 3-5 bigger sites than building hundreds of sites. Google loves these bigger sites! This advice is based on experience.

Actually I agree with you but I am experimenting more to improve my adsense earning much more.

I actually started at 5 bigger sites which are my main sites and well managed. Then I purchased 50's .com as I mentioned for micro niche purpose. I haven't tried .info yet and just planning to just make them micro niche as well. I have no problem with maintenance since I have 20 writers writing for me and posting the articles directly into the blog as guest author. Daily for the main sites, and weekly for the micro niche sites. I have no experience on .info yet so I want to be sure that it is successful using them for adsense since I am getting success on .com specifically to my main sites.

All expenses are just revolving from my adsense earnings to maintenance with little goes in my pocket.

[IM Ash]

Originally Posted by arnie19

Actually I agree with you but I am experimenting more to improve my adsense earning much more.

I actually started at 5 bigger sites which are my main sites and well managed. Then I purchased 50's .com as I mentioned for micro niche purpose. I haven't tried .info yet and just planning to just make them micro niche as well. I have no problem with maintenance since I have 20 writers writing for me and posting the articles directly into the blog as guest author. Daily for the main sites, and weekly for the micro niche sites. I have no experience on .info yet so I want to be sure that it is successful using them for adsense since I am getting success on .com specifically to my main sites.

All expenses are just revolving from my adsense earnings to maintenance with little goes in my pocket.

Hey man, if little is going in your pocket then you need to re-evaluate your strategy

My belief is the EMD model is becoming a dying breed but that does not mean if you have an EMD all is lost... the counter measure is to just build these type of sites out as though they were more of an authority site but I do understand your question and let me address it from my personal experience:

.info's rank as well as any other TLD, but when I first started using .infos I believed they sucked... what I have realized is that they don't rank of the cuff like a .com/net/org does but when you concentrate on them as you would any other domain they perform just as well.

[rahildeziner]

as per as adsense .info works same for me as .com but for company domain people trust .com more

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by Eleva8

.info's rank as well as any other TLD, but when I first started using .infos I believed they sucked... what I have realized is that they don't rank of the cuff like a .com/net/org does but when you concentrate on them as you would any other domain they perform just as well.

About your .info sites, how long before you've seen some benefits from them? is it months or a year?

[Jeremy Banks]

Originally Posted by xxxJamesxxx

I use .info's for mainly visit-once-sites like Adsense sites etc as they rank just as well as any other domain.

However... If you're trying to build a brand I'd go with .com as people are hardwired to slap a .com at the end of the domain name.

James Scholes

Good advice! I have never tried to rank a .info as people tend to associate them with spam websites. I would definitely avoid the .info for an authority website, but they may work for easy to rank for keywords

[moneyten]

Agreed. For authority sites I only use .com or .org.

I mostly use .info for testing purposes

[howinfo]

Originally Posted by arnie19

About your .info sites, how long before you've seen some benefits from them? is it months or a year?

Our site is on .info and it started out as a small experiment and but it has grown quite fast and now is our main focus. It took about 8-9 months when it started to cover all the development costs and it has had steady increase ever since. It had a little hiccup earlier this year because of the Panda update but it recovered quite fast for it as well.

If I look at the growth of the .info extension since it was launched in June 2001 and has now established itself as one of the major LTD's in the world and the most successful new TLD ever launched, then I think .info would be good investment to get.

Also as there are some new domain extension coming out in 2013, extension like:
.africa
.bank
.bayern
.bcn
.berlin
.bike
.board
.bzh
.california
.cymru
.earth
.eco
.eus
.fam
.film
.florida
.free
.gay
.gmbh
.green
.hamburg
.hiv
.horse
.hotel
.irish
.ker
.koeln
.kurd
.london
.love
.madrid
.moscow
.money
.miami
.movie
.mls
.music
.naples
.ngo
.nyc
.one
.pad
.paris
.peace
.phone
.quebec
.radio
.real .riga
.roma
.saarland
.secure
.sfo
.shop
.sco
.scoot
.sic
.site
.skate
.ski
.sport
.surf
and so on, then .info would fit into that new internet landscape very well and would quite significantly increase in value over the years to come.

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by howinfo

Our site is on .info and it started out as a small experiment and but it has grown quite fast and now is our main focus. It took about 8-9 months when it started to cover all the development costs and it has had steady increase ever since. It had a little hiccup earlier this year because of the Panda update but it recovered quite fast for it as well.

If I look at the growth of the .info extension since it was launched in June 2001 and has now established itself as one of the major LTD's in the world and the most successful new TLD ever launched, then I think .info would be good investment to get.

Also as there are some new domain extension coming out in 2013, extension like:
.africa
.bank
.bayern
.bcn
.berlin
.bike
.board
.bzh
.california
.cymru
.earth
.eco
.eus
.fam
.film
.florida
.free
.gay
.gmbh
.green
.hamburg
.hiv
.horse
.hotel
.irish
.ker
.koeln
.kurd
.london
.love
.madrid
.moscow
.money
.miami
.movie
.mls
.music
.naples
.ngo
.nyc
.one
.pad
.paris
.peace
.phone
.quebec
.radio
.real .riga
.roma
.saarland
.secure
.sfo
.shop
.sco
.scoot
.sic
.site
.skate
.ski
.sport
.surf
and so on, then .info would fit into that new internet landscape very well and would quite significantly increase in value over the years to come.

Thanks for the response. I think I should start with .info. 8-9 months is not bad since it benefits a lot. I will give this one a shot.

[timpears]

Google and the other search engines don't give a rat's butt what the extension is on your domain is. All they care about is, do you have decent content, and who is pointing links at your site. If you get both of those things right, that will be most of the game.

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by timpears

Google and the other search engines don't give a rat's butt what the extension is on your domain is. All they care about is, do you have decent content, and who is pointing links at your site. If you get both of those things right, that will be most of the game.

Yep. I have no problems regarding contents and backlink creations. I just don't have an idea about using .info for any purpose.

tools I am using:

-senuke x.
-UAW.
-linkvana.
-buildmyrank.
-scrapebox.

Might be good to start now and see how it goes.

[tekman]

Hi Tim Pears. My name is also Tim. I live in Portland, Oregon. Do you ever go to IM group meetups? I have been on and off internet marketing since 98. Soon to outsource work because I work and take classes.

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by tekman

Hi Tim Pears. My name is also Tim. I live in Portland, Oregon. Do you ever go to IM group meetups? I have been on and off internet marketing since 98. Soon to outsource work because I work and take classes.

TIM?? who's that? lol. I think you posted on a wrong thread. Anyway, if you want to outsource, try odesk or gaf.

[Nero Arcnumé]

I've recently purchased a .info domain for a local site. It's not an english site and while some might say .info looks untrustworthy to people, I believe .info fits quite well with some languages. Especially if the keywords you're targeting are actually keywords people are using to find information.

Just wanted to dabble a bit with a local website next to US targetted sites and I'm 100% positive I can reach #1 when I'm starting to build some links and more useful articles.

The competition in my niche isn't all that big here but it's big in the US (credit niche). Plus, this information is different in each country according to their laws, credit firms, etc so I'm not competing against larger US based sites either.

Originally Posted by howinfo

Also as there are some new domain extension coming out in 2013, extension like:
.africa
.bank
.bayern
.bcn
.berlin
.bike
.board
.bzh
.california
.cymru
.earth
.eco
.eus
.fam
.film
.florida
.free
.gay
.gmbh
.green
.hamburg
.hiv
.horse
.hotel
.irish
.ker
.koeln
.kurd
.london
.love
.madrid
.moscow
.money
.miami
.movie
.mls
.music
.naples
.ngo
.nyc
.one
.pad
.paris
.peace
.phone
.quebec
.radio
.real .riga
.roma
.saarland
.secure
.sfo
.shop
.sco
.scoot
.sic
.site
.skate
.ski
.sport
.surf
and so on, then .info would fit into that new internet landscape very well and would quite significantly increase in value over the years to come.

Do you have some more info or resources for this? Like if anyone can register those types of domains? And I assume some of them will be quite expensive. Going to google a bit more on these extensions.

[designerpk.com]

Hi,
I think there is no difference .info .com .net but adsense success in your hard work and topic.

[howinfo]

Originally Posted by Nero Arcnumé

Do you have some more info or resources for this? Like if anyone can register those types of domains? And I assume some of them will be quite expensive. Going to google a bit more on these extensions.

You can get some more information here: http://www.newdomains.org/ or you can look in here as well: Pre Register New Domain

[arnie19]

Originally Posted by designerpk.com

Hi,
I think there is no difference .info .com .net but adsense success in your hard work and topic.

Yep. That is not a problem and I agree with you. I just don't see any .info ranking on first page for 2 or 3 terms. but when you go for 4 + terms, .info sites appear. I'm not sure if .com .org as well as .net are being favored nowadays. Also, .co are ranking high on various keywords I typed.

let me know your thoughts.

[RokDot]

.com or .net sites are usually the best.

[V8200T5]

Originally Posted by Eleva8

.info's rank as well as any other TLD, but when I first started using .infos I believed they sucked... what I have realized is that they don't rank of the cuff like a .com/net/org does but when you concentrate on them as you would any other domain they perform just as well.

I can confirm this, you have to put some work into .info domains and then they will rank as good as the other extensions.

[arnie19]

I can confirm this, you have to put some work into .info domains and then they will rank as good as the other extensions.

Yes I hope my journey to these 50 .info would be good. And hopefully, I can produced 25% of them to be dominant in the future.

By the way, do you think buying an Aged domain will help to ease the process? I have 5 prospected domain (.info) which are 2-4 years old if I'm not mistaken it. I know how this benefit from .com and .net but in .info, I'm not sure. Hope having aged domain in .info would also make it vulnerable to backlink frequency.

[ericnelsonator]

I think getting an aged domain will be better than buying new info domains. And to answer you main question - info or com .. doesnt make a big difference.

[bhuff85]

Don't worry so much about your domain extension. Instead, focus on building sites with great content that attract both search engines and visitors who WANT to read what your content (and who may even recommend it to others).

[JamesGw]

.info is just as good as .com. Only thing I'd be worried about is potentially lower SERP CTR, but no one really knows if this is the case.

[AlphaOmegaMarketing]

I have very good experience with .info domains for EMD´s . Whe I got the first one I was shoked I was able to rank so quick. My .info´s rank mostly for longail keywords but i have a few that rank 1 for 1 word keywords. Mostly these sites worked better for me in other languages than english.

[arnie19]

I think getting an aged domain will be better than buying new info domains. And to answer you main question - info or com .. doesnt make a big difference.

Okay I am just making sure since investment here would surely be bloody. lol it is like playing poker with G.

Don't worry so much about your domain extension. Instead, focus on building sites with great content that attract both search engines and visitors who WANT to read what your content (and who may even recommend it to others).

Yeah this is not a problem to me since content are well optimized and written by my US writer. Though it cost a bit high but the quality is worthy. I was able to get $1-3$ CTR and lowest $.5, which is seldom.

.info is just as good as .com. Only thing I'd be worried about is potentially lower SERP CTR, but no one really knows if this is the case.

I know how to get a targeted traffic that pays at least $1 per click. however, I think there are more people doing adsense that were being paid at much higher rate. But I am happy to earn 1$ or 2$ for 1 site since I already have 100+ domain. maintenance is not a problem anymore since it has been a long time when I started them. Not really a long time, about a year+ only.

I have very good experience with .info domains for EMD´s . Whe I got the first one I was shoked I was able to rank so quick. My .info´s rank mostly for longail keywords but i have a few that rank 1 for 1 word keywords. Mostly these sites worked better for me in other languages than english.

Longtail can easily be ranked. however, 1 keyword?? it would be great if I type the word "health" and saw your domain in #1 spot. I'll quit SEO if that happens.lol

[EUA]

It's meaningless...

[arnie19]

It's meaningless...

?? what do you mean by meaningless. )

[John Williamson]

OP, I think you prob meant .info's in relation to SEO, not necessarily Adsense. But yes, they're the same as other domain extensions for SEO.

[JMartin]

Lots of evidence shows .info domains are just fine for ranking and Adsense: visible rankings you can see, profitable .info sites being sold, etc.

As for ranking .info with 2-word KWPs, go search for Kentucky Derby and look for a .info domain. BTW, I've seen lots of .info ranking in competitive industries. As usual, it's all about the work you put into them.

[dagaul101]

Some folks claim success with it, others say there are hard to rank, but the rules of constantly updated quality content and great backlinks should help them rank

[arnie19]

Lots of evidence shows .info domains are just fine for ranking and Adsense: visible rankings you can see, profitable .info sites being sold, etc.

As for ranking .info with 2-word KWPs, go search for Kentucky Derby and look for a .info domain. BTW, I've seen lots of .info ranking in competitive industries. As usual, it's all about the work you put into them.

Yes I can see lots of results with .info, however, I haven't seen lately that ranks to #1 or #2 or #3. Maybe by adding the word "info" like kentucky derby info would give a result. I was thinking if .info are now being execute as what they are made of. "a website compliment for your .com domain".. I just forgot where I read this part.

[arnie19]

bump!. any more thoughts about it?