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What type of domains to use?

by shmosel
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I'm interested in making a bunch of micro niche sites on a very low budget, and I'm wondering what the value of a .info exact match domain would be in comparison to a .com subdomain. I would rather use subdomains since it would allow me to experiment as much as I need for free. Do I have a good chance at ranking with a .com subdomain, or should I spend the few dollars on a .info? If I use subdomains, should I buy a separate .com for different general niches? Any advice would be appreciated...

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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    I have heard conflicting stuff on this forum. I remember straight from Google sniper that you use a .com, .org, or .net . I remember Alexa saying that it doesn't matter for ranking purposes but I have heard it does. Maybe she can chime in on this.
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  • Profile picture of the author shmosel
    Everyone says it's easier to rank with .com .net and .org. But I don't have the money to experiment with those domains (I'm just learning keywords research). So I'm wondering if it's worth buying .info's or just sticking with subdomains for now.
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  • Profile picture of the author AndyBlackSEO
    You do sometimes see .info domains ranking but the reason .info domains are under more scrutiny from Google when it comes to ranking is because of the low price and therefore a highly used by spammers.

    The best thing to do is buy one and test for yourself. Purchase one of each and test.

    I only purchase .com, .net or .co.uk if it is purely for my country.. The UK.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    Maybe you should just keep stacking up until you can. SEO is no joke. Its more than just the name and onsite seo. Backlinks play a massive role in getting your site ranked. SEO is a long term traffic generation strategy. I am going through a lot of courses myself and its no joke. If your site has no authority it can take years to build that type of authority to rank for anything competitive to mildly competitive. Remember you need to be in the first 10 results out of hundreds to thousands to millions of competing sites. And the first 5 take over 70% of the views. SEO experts are using tools they invested thousands in. I just want to paint a very CLEAR picture on what to expect. This is no cakewalk.
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    • Profile picture of the author shmosel
      Originally Posted by jamesrich1 View Post

      Maybe you should just keep stacking up until you can. SEO is no joke. Its more than just the name and onsite seo. Backlinks play a massive role in getting your site ranked. SEO is a long term traffic generation strategy. I am going through a lot of courses myself and its no joke. If your site has no authority it can take years to build that type of authority to rank for anything competitive to mildly competitive. Remember you need to be in the first 10 results out of hundreds to thousands to millions of competing sites. And the first 5 take over 70% of the views. SEO experts are using tools they invested thousands in. I just want to paint a very CLEAR picture on what to expect. This is no cakewalk.
      I understand that and I wouldn't think of creating any authority sites without a good domain etc. But at this point I just want to do some basic keyword research and churn out a bunch of tiny, targeted micro niche sites (I have a software to simplify the process) and hopefully some of them will rank. So I'm not looking to get into any serious SEO until I have some more experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert X
    Google any niche and I bet you see every type of dot whatever. I research that stuff all the time and I see it all. It really doesn't seem to matter, at least from what I've seen.
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  • Profile picture of the author windfinder
    I've had better results with .info than subdomains.

    .info and .biz seems equally hard.
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  • Profile picture of the author Eduard Stinga
    I would always go with .com if possible, because it's the standard. As someone said, .info is way more cheaper so it's used by spammers and Google knows that, so it might get special "treatment" when ranked. Never tested it though.
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  • Profile picture of the author mvirtual
    I always use .com, .org or .net extensions for my domain names. If .com is already in use I try to get other two extensions. I never use any other extensions.
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  • Profile picture of the author SamuelUherek
    I always go for .com. But I don't think that there is a massive difference in .com and .info. For example, there is a site that is number one for a keyword I target and it is .info and my website is #2, even though it is .com. And here comes the best part. The .info has less backlinks than my own website.

    If you are deciding between using sub-domains or .info, I would go for .info. I never had a good success ranking sub-domains. And if you really don't know, then set 50% of your websites on sub-domains and the other half on .info domains. You will see how it goes.
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