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What is a .us domain?

by Bilderberg
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Could someone please tell me what a .us domain is and if a emd .us domain can get first page top 3 rankings in Google for United States searchers the same as if it were a .org .net or .com? Please explain in detail what exactly is a .us domain and its pros and cons, Thank You!
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    From Wikipedia:
    .us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States and was established in 1985. Registrants of .us domains must be United States citizens, residents, or organizations, or a foreign entity with a presence in the United States. Most registrants in the country have registered for .com, .net, .org and other gTLDs, instead of .us, which has primarily been used by state and local governments despite any entity having the option of registering a .us domain.

    Personally i stick with .com,.net and .org but i'm sure others may have a different opinion...

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    • Profile picture of the author Bilderberg
      Originally Posted by salegurus View Post

      From Wikipedia:
      .us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States and was established in 1985. Registrants of .us domains must be United States citizens, residents, or organizations, or a foreign entity with a presence in the United States. Most registrants in the country have registered for .com, .net, .org and other gTLDs, instead of .us, which has primarily been used by state and local governments despite any entity having the option of registering a .us domain.

      Personally i stick with .com,.net and .org but i'm sure others may have a different opinion...

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  • Profile picture of the author fenomeno
    .us is ccTLD for U.S., the same as .co.uk for U.K, .de for Germany, .fr for France, .es for Spain etc...
    In Germany and U.K. are .de and .co.uk much more popular than .com, but in U.S. .com is much more popular than .us. With a good SEO .us could rank very good and be on the top. I saw hundreds of websites with .us domain in the fist 3 results at Google for specific keyword.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bilderberg
      Originally Posted by fenomeno View Post

      .us is ccTLD for U.S., the same as .co.uk for U.K, .de for Germany, .fr for France, .es for Spain etc...
      In Germany and U.K. are .de and .co.uk much more popular than .com, but in U.S. .com is much more popular than .us. With a good SEO .us could rank very good and be on the top. I saw hundreds of websites with .us domain in the fist 3 results at Google for specific keyword.
      Good Stuff Bud Thanx!
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    Ranking and traffic do not boil down to the extension of your domain name alone. There are far more important factors to consider such as the content and SEO strategy (on-page and off-page). In the past, I saw non-.com domains that are on top of the first page of Google.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bilderberg
      Originally Posted by contentwriting360 View Post

      Ranking and traffic do not boil down to the extension of your domain name alone. There are far more important factors to consider such as the content and SEO strategy (on-page and off-page). In the past, I saw non-.com domains that are on top of the first page of Google.
      Thanx Steff!! Always value your opinion!
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    • Profile picture of the author garyoneill
      Originally Posted by contentwriting360 View Post

      Ranking and traffic do not boil down to the extension of your domain name alone. There are far more important factors to consider such as the content and SEO strategy (on-page and off-page). In the past, I saw non-.com domains that are on top of the first page of Google.
      Agreed. There's a myth that the IP of the website is a factor
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