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*info domains for SEO

by Irmscher
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Hi guys

I've been in SEO for quite a while but most of my *info websites rank for uncompetitive terms.

So my question is, has anyone experienced any difficulties to rank *info domains for mid and high competitive terms against top level domains like *com, *net and *org

Thanks for your time
#domains #info #seo
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    That extension is a non-issue.

    The issue is how easy it easy to get any site to #1
    of the niche. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy.
    Depends on how google treats and likes the top sites.
    Get your site to be an authority, and it becomes a little
    easier. But then, you can't get google to do anything.

    The dot info can and does rank as well as anything, all
    other things being equal. If you do more, and google
    recognizes it, you can take it to the top.

    Problem in these questions, people forget the "all other
    things being equal." There are more dot coms, and more
    people giving them love, and as a consequence, more
    show up and appear harder to beat. But it's not the domain
    extension. The niche does not matter either. Many dot
    infos own a niche and a dot com is not going to beat it,
    just because the dot info has way more google juice.
    No matter what the niche, or keywords, it depends on
    a whole host of other things, not the extension.

    I think dot tv is an up and coming extension that may well
    soon come into play more.

    Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Irmscher
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      That extension is a non-issue.

      The issue is how easy it easy to get any site to #1
      of the niche. Sometimes it's hard, sometimes it's easy.
      Depends on how google treats and likes the top sites.
      Get your site to be an authority, and it becomes a little
      easier. But then, you can't get google to do anything.

      The dot info can and does rank as well as anything, all
      other things being equal. If you do more, and google
      recognizes it, you can take it to the top.

      Problem in these questions, people forget the "all other
      things being equal." There are more dot coms, and more
      people giving them love, and as a consequence, more
      show up and appear harder to beat. But it's not the domain
      extension. The niche does not matter either. Many dot
      infos own a niche and a dot com is not going to beat it,
      just because the dot info has way more google juice.
      No matter what the niche, or keywords, it depends on
      a whole host of other things, not the extension.

      I think dot tv is an up and coming extension that may well
      soon come into play more.

      Paul
      Hey Paul,

      Thanks a lot for answering

      By the way, I see all this in pretty-much exactly same way as you do.

      Well at least it's how it comes from my little but existing experience with *info domains.

      Cheers mate.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr.faizan
    .info is a Yakk for seo.. although there is no any confirmation or proof.. Recently I have ranked for a keyword having a search volume of 673,000 according to adword tool (which I know is not perfect) on the top page for a .info domain. I guess it needs a high PR of at least PR 4 then the site can move up specially for .info domains because few other sites ranking were below PR 4.
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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    My standard answers to this question...

    http://www.warriorforum.com/search.php


    Google on the bolded terms...

    This does beg the question, have you ever searched for info on Noam Chomsky? How about regular expressions, roman coins or craft ideas? Maybe you've never needed to do some research to find out if New York was a sanctuary city or to find out something about New York transit. Oh, and have you thought about moving your money to a local bank before you go shopping on Black Friday?
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    • Profile picture of the author bydomino
      Just as Paul has stated it has been my experience that you can pull great SERS for any domain extension, all things being equal.

      But if you plan to make a brand and have folks use this domain then that is where the .com comes into play. Even today, I run across several folks that when they hear a domain they automatically through a .com behind it. Even if you tell then the domain is foo.net. A week later they will try to send you an email to user@foo.com - Doh! but that has been my experience.

      I hope this helps,
      Kevin
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