.com vs all other TLDs

13 years ago

people prefer .com not because of the ranking, it's because it's the default tld when you think of a domain name.

If you tell someone you own a website call "widgets review" - and tell them to visit it without telling them the tld, what do you think they will type in?

or you can say to them, "I run widgets review dot ie" - they'll be like "what?" - but if you tell them "I run widgetsreview dot com" - they more like to know what you are talking about

also, if you own other tld, the owner of the .com reaps the benefits once you've built a brand for yourself... (have you heard about the imageshack.us VS .com cases? )

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Meharis 13 years ago

Originally Posted by tuanng

If you tell someone you own a website call "widgets review" - and tell them to visit it without telling them the tld, what do you think they will type in?

That's not necessarily true. Things have changed and most people know that there's .net and .org, at least.
Any how, G will list the other TLD along with the .com, unless you did a terrible job with your site. G doesn't care too much about the TLD.
At least, this is the way I see it in my domains.
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paulie888

13 years ago

Daniel, I totally agree. I don't know who started this rumor, but it's really become annoying to see people post their "facts" about how .com domains are better when it comes to ranking in Google. They are obviously completely ignorant of the fact that Google employees have publicly stated that TLDs do not make any difference at all.

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LetsGoViral

13 years ago

.net's and .org's are good, too, but I personally always try to stick with .com no matter what. It's not that their ranking is bothering me, I have an .us domain that gets more traffic than any .com I own. The fact is simply that .com domains are seen by people as more "respectable" and command authority.

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loristm

13 years ago

Originally Posted by LetsGoViral

.net's and .org's are good, too, but I personally always try to stick with .com no matter what. It's not that their ranking is bothering me, I have an .us domain that gets more traffic than any .com I own. The fact is simply that .com domains are seen by people as more "respectable" and command authority.

I totally agree with you girl. All domains are good, they do not affect any SEO aspect but .com was the domain almost most of the people got used to. When they see .com, like what she said you could see the respect and authority of one SITE. But it is just a matter of opinion. All domains/URLs are good.

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Coby

13 years ago

I want people to stop worrying about tlds! Get keyword matched domains and take what is available. I'd much rather have a site [chevytrucks.info] vs {mybigolechevymuddingtruckthateatsdodgesforlunch.c om} of course I'm being ridiculous, but really take what is most closely related to your keyword. You WILL benefit more from the SERPS if your domain is a keyword match REGARDLESS of TLD's. I have several .info sites that rank on the first page of google. some number one.

And this cracks me up when I hear people say "yeah, but you lose traffic to people typing it in" How many site addresses do you type in? And if someone is worried about SERPS then losing this traffic doesn't make sense. (your building your site to be found in the SE not to be found by being typed in)

Most people will take note of your site's domain if they think they want to return or they will bookmarkt it. MATCH YOUR KEYWORDS let the tld follow from there.

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2mdoty

13 years ago

I was wondering how tld affects rank on page, glad to find out it doesn't. My observation from 9 years of on-site computer service experience is that I've only seen one user type in domain names in the address bar. That user is myself.

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paulie888

13 years ago

Originally Posted by 2mdoty

I was wondering how tld affects rank on page, glad to find out it doesn't. My observation from 9 years of on-site computer service experience is that I've only seen one user type in domain names in the address bar. That user is myself.

You're definitely not the only one who does that, there are many people out there who still do...lol! There are some people who are becoming very reliant on search engines to pull up the websites they want to go to, but overall I'd say there's still a fair number of people who can remember domains and type them into the address bar.

The issue here (which has nothing to do with ranking) is that when you give someone a domain name to go to, he will typically type in the .com TLD without even thinking about it, in spite of the fact that you might have mentioned a different TLD to him earlier.

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karenv 13 years ago

All things considered, I've been told by a few people whose courses I've taken that .com, .net and .org are the best for the reasons some have stated above.

But if you've got a really great product or service that you want to promote on a website, and you can't get one of those tld's, it shouldn't make all that much difference - at least in terms of search engine ranking - if it's a .info, .ws or whatever - IF you've got great content and have the best possible keywords contained within that content.

For sure, you'll lose someone who'll type in .com by default, but I'm thinking that won't amount to TONS of searchers. So it's probably not something to overly worry about.

The main thing for SEO is to get your website out there, and then provide great, relevant, useful content that contains relevant keywords.

And for non-SEO traffic, links in forums, emails, etc. will lead people straight to your site.
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alexmw106

13 years ago

I agree with the above. But know from experiance that a .com is great from branding as most people with type that in. As my business is bizzboostseo people will think that and type in bizzboostseo.com.

Also you could buy the .org and .net and redrect them to the .com to be sure.

In seo though if you are creating feeder site it doesnt matter about .com .info etc as long as the kw is in the url and pointing back to your main branded site which is a .com.

Also is you build adsense sites it dont matter about tld

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owenlee

13 years ago

Hi guys,

I feel that there is not much different too. Just that a .com is what common people will associated that to the internet.

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tamalanwar

13 years ago

Hi I agree with Coby here; when someone search for the info, they get your url and click on it; I don't remember I type in any domain now, I did when I was new at internet and used to type and see whats on KING.COM and BUSINESS.COM etc.

Even if we know the URL, we still google it and go to the site.

On the flip side, there are millions of DOT COMs on the internet and virtually everyone know about .com's. Even my mom who don't know about websites, still she knows a website means a dot com.

But internet is expanding with domains, country domains etc. In next few years we will have city domains, domains for occupations etc!

See the domain in my signature, I used a .bz because others were taken.

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Truckster

13 years ago

Personally I tend to go for .com, .net and .org but I had a mad moment and bought around 10 .info's last year and they are doing ok. Keyword matching the domain name is more important I think.

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paulie888

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Truckster

Personally I tend to go for .com, .net and .org but I had a mad moment and bought around 10 .info's last year and they are doing ok. Keyword matching the domain name is more important I think.

Exactly, what you should care more about if you want to rank your site is getting an exact keyword match in your domain, and just pick up whatever TLD is available.

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loristm

13 years ago

Originally Posted by tamalanwar

Hi I agree with Coby here; when someone search for the info, they get your url and click on it; I don't remember I type in any domain now, I did when I was new at internet and used to type and see whats on KING.COM and BUSINESS.COM etc.

Even if we know the URL, we still google it and go to the site.

On the flip side, there are millions of DOT COMs on the internet and virtually everyone know about .com's. Even my mom who don't know about websites, still she knows a website means a dot com.

But internet is expanding with domains, country domains etc. In next few years we will have city domains, domains for occupations etc!

See the domain in my signature, I used a .bz because others were taken.

I also agree with this, most of the people around the world ( some that don't have full knowledge about it ) they should type dot COM instead of any other extensions

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Changing Man

13 years ago

I would usually go for a .com if available. However, you are far more likely to get the .net or .org for an exact match term. In terms of ranking I have not found too much difference in terms of the tld. However, one thing to remember if you ever decide to sell a domain is that the value of a .com domain will always attract a higher price (all other things being equal).

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CDarklock

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Daniel44

Anywhere else, general tech forums and people who know what they are doing

This is a very small percentage of the average IM forum.

Have you ever had a job where the manager has absolutely no clue what you are doing?

That's what IM is like.

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Devid Farah 13 years ago

Another reason why it is a good idea to go for a .com name, is that in just about any browser if the user just types in the url bar as an example “California” by default the browser will jump to california.com and not to anything else.

So even though the .com site may not rank higher than another TLD you may get more traffic as a result of the above example.
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- Page-One 13 years ago
  
  Setting up some Amazon sites last year, I wanted to get exact-match domains to my primary keywords. But all the coms, nets, and orgs were long gone.
  
  So, since at the time GoDaddy was offering a sale on dot-us domains, I bought a bunch of 'em...and they've done very well (plus, they're kinda patriotic).
  
  As some others have said on this thread, I think matching your main keyword is way more important than getting the dot-com version, especially if it's gone and you have to manufacture some awkward variation to have the com.
  
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