Is it harder to rank for Not .com Domains?

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Just wondering if its harder to rank for domains ending with like .me or .ws? Has anyone had any experienced with it? Thank you!
#domains #harder #rank
  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    I am not really sure but the best thing you can do to look more professional is to get a domain name with .com at the end because a lot of people recognize that more then the .me or .ws

    The most ranked sites on Google and Yahoo are the ones that end with .COM so this should give you an idea.

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  • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
    Did you know this topic is discussed here over and over again, if not daily, at least on a weekly basis? http://www.warriorforum.com/search.php
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Extension has no bearing on potential for ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ishan Soni
    Personally for me (experience wise), .org rank really well for me similarly to .com

    I've don't buy any other extensions.

    Its just $5 or $6 a year extra investment worth making
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by Ishan Soni View Post

      I've don't buy any other extensions.
      If you don't buy any other extensions, how can you back up your statement without proper testing?

      If you are just looking to rank a site - not looking for "type in" traffic, are you sure you are not wasting an extra 5-6 dollars per domain you buy and have to renew?
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  • Profile picture of the author KlikApps
    Not really...

    I'd say that .info's are a bit harder, but not massively.

    If you do your basic SEO, you can get pretty much any TLD to rank.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Originally Posted by KlikApps View Post

      Not really...

      I'd say that .info's are a bit harder, but not massively.

      If you do your basic SEO, you can get pretty much any TLD to rank.
      Again, this is total miss-information.

      Ranking depends on content, relevance, backlinks, and a lot of other factors - but SE's don't care if it's a dot info or not.

      Domain name extension has no bearing on how a site will rank.

      The only point in purchase of a dot com is if you are looking for the added benefit of type in traffic, or if you are looking to brand yourself as this could give you a more serious/professional appearance.

      If you are getting a long tail keyword that no one is going to type in with a dot com or even remember, I wouldn't worry about extension.
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      Originally Posted by KlikApps View Post

      I'd say that .info's are a bit harder, but not massively.
      I was waiting for this bit of BS to show up in this thread.

      Google on the bold 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 Ridgway
        I've had tremendous success with .us TLD's, I will always grab them if the .com is not available.

        .info has a bad rap due the low price to register and the sheer volume of absolute garbage throwaway PPC (pills, porn, and casino) sites that flood the net.
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        • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
          Originally Posted by Ash67 View Post

          I have found that all my .info sites rank well on yahoo but not so well on google. So because of this I tend to go for .coms
          Originally Posted by Ridgway View Post

          .info has a bad rap due the low price to register and the sheer volume of absolute garbage throwaway PPC (pills, porn, and casino) sites that flood the net.
          Second time around in this Groundhog Day thread. Google on the bold 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?

          Are we going to go for 3 times in this one?
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          • Profile picture of the author MichaelBenz
            Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

            Second time around in this Groundhog Day thread. Google on the bold 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?

            Are we going to go for 3 times in this one?
            Yea I think we are because you are not 100% right. Yes .info domains may be at the top of those results, and probably thousands of others.

            But that alone doesn't mean its not tougher to get one ranked than a .com of the same keyword.

            This is from both personal experience, and the experience of colleagues who are SEO experts like Keith Baxter, Aaron Wall, etc

            The reason they are initially tougher to get ranked was brought up above -- porn, pills, and ppc.

            Because they are cheap, lots of spammers and link farmers would buy them up to put up massive link farms and adsense sites.

            Surprise, surprise -- Google caught on.

            Try it yourself (we have)

            Put a .com up against the .info of the same keyword, same links in, etc and the .com will likely win 9/10 times
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            • Profile picture of the author Daniel Brock
              I can say from my personal experience, .com, .net, and .org rank better than the other TLDs.

              I have tried a number of .us domains lately to see if I can rank exact match for them - no luck what so ever.

              Very low competition keywords but no rank boost.

              Meanwhile, the .net, .org, .com exact match names rank top 4 pages with no work.

              There is definitely a boost with the TLDs.

              However, I have noticed that country specific domains rank really well - if you are trying to rank a product in the German market, you would want a .de domain name.

              If you are trying to rank a keyword in the UK market, you would want a .org.uk, or .co.uk domain name.

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              • Profile picture of the author John34
                Originally Posted by Daniel Brock View Post

                I can say from my personal experience, .com, .net, and .org rank better than the other TLDs.

                I have tried a number of .us domains lately to see if I can rank exact match for them - no luck what so ever.

                Very low competition keywords but no rank boost.

                Meanwhile, the .net, .org, .com exact match names rank top 4 pages with no work.

                There is definitely a boost with the TLDs.

                However, I have noticed that country specific domains rank really well - if you are trying to rank a product in the German market, you would want a .de domain name.

                If you are trying to rank a keyword in the UK market, you would want a .org.uk, or .co.uk domain name.

                Regards,
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                Same goes for .us domains as wel, they rank well in US market.
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            • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
              Originally Posted by MichaelBenz View Post

              The reason they are initially tougher to get ranked was brought up above -- porn, pills, and ppc.

              Because they are cheap, lots of spammers and link farmers would buy them up to put up massive link farms and adsense sites.

              Surprise, surprise -- Google caught on.
              Surprise, surprise, you're regurgitating nonsense that you've heard second or third hand from some SEO 'guru' who probably hasn't built a new site from scratch in 2+ years.

              Actually, those kinds of sites are dominated by .com/.org because they believe the myth that you can't rank with a .info. Some of them even think the same is true of .net domains.

              Originally Posted by MichaelBenz View Post

              Try it yourself (we have)

              Put a .com up against the .info of the same keyword, same links in, etc and the .com will likely win 9/10 times
              Total and complete BS that I've tested out many times and that I've seen in action with other people's sites.

              You can believe the Cargo Cult SEO BS artists who have products to sell and affiliate commissions to earn selling rehashed nonsense to their 'list' of noobs to make money online and no longer build new niche sites if you want.

              I know you're wrong about how quickly .infos can rank and others have figured this out too. It's just a matter of getting past ritualistic thinking, unfounded assumptions and having a SEO 'expert' who's selling products doing your thinking for you.
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          • Profile picture of the author Ridgway
            Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

            Second time around in this Groundhog Day thread. Google on the bold 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?

            Are we going to go for 3 times in this one?
            I wrote .info GETS A BAD RAP, I did not post that they don't rank. Easy with the flaming blowtorch.
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  • Profile picture of the author JennSpencerIM
    I would take a look at the keywords you are trying to rank for and see what kind of sites are in the top 10-20 spots in google. That might give you a better idea of the answer to this question for your niche.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ash67
    I have found that all my .info sites rank well on yahoo but not so well on google. So because of this I tend to go for .coms
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  • Profile picture of the author Fermina
    From what i learned so far from website forums and niche builder to get good search engine position the com/net/org always ranks well
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  • Profile picture of the author MichaelBenz
    Ok i'm not gonna get into a pissing contest with you. I'm not "regurgitating nonsense that you've heard second or third hand from some SEO 'guru' who probably hasn't built a new site from scratch in 2+ years."

    Its strange how while knowing nothing about me, you could make such wild assumptions throughout your post.

    I'm speaking from personal experience, and the experience of friends. Baxter is hardly a 'guru'. He's a VERY smart affiliate, and he makes a lot of money doing it. Real affiliate marketing - not touting make money courses.

    I really can't see why you'd lash out in such a way. I was simply giving input to the OP about what myself and my associates have found. Not by reading about it, by actually doing this stuff.

    Just because you've seen different results doesn't mean your answer is the only answer.

    The fact that you would slam me and completely write off what I said for everyone because it's not the way you see things does however say a lot about your character though.

    I wish you the best of luck in your business.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I haven't found any difference in my rankings if the SEO is done. I just got a .co to rank on page one and many in the WF said they would never rank because .co is the extension for Colombia. Guess again. Google is indexing and ranking them the same as any extension based on content and SEO factors. I've had plenty of .info's ranking well also.
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    • Profile picture of the author connorbringas
      Personally, I think .orgs, .coms, and .nets work better...and yes that is from experience. Everyone knows that..
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by connorbringas View Post

        Personally, I think .orgs, .coms, and .nets work better...and yes that is from experience. Everyone knows that..
        Guess you haven't really read the thread. There's plenty of us who know better than that and that is from personal experience.
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        • Profile picture of the author connorbringas
          Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

          Guess you haven't really read the thread. There's plenty of us who know better than that and that is from personal experience.
          I read the thread. I just have never seen anything else ever rank. I could be completely wrong, but have you ever seen a .tv make it organically? or a .me? I havent..
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          • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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            Originally Posted by connorbringas View Post

            I read the thread. I just have never seen anything else ever rank. I could be completely wrong, but have you ever seen a .tv make it organically? or a .me? I havent..
            Here's an example. My father is an old man now, but a well known National Rifle Shooter and gunsmith of match rifles. His name is tossed around all over shooting forums. He wrote an ebook about accurizing the M1Garand, no small task for a man his age who types with one finger.

            I put it all together and built him a site in 2008 on m1-m1a-ar15 dot com. Only problem was that a "friend" of his built the original lame site that was there so that he could benefit from my father's name and sell his own guns. I fixed all that, however, he had registered the domain and would not transfer it to me, even though my father paid for it and all the hosting.

            The domain expired and I tried to get it, but some SEO person bought it and built a site on it, not using my dad's content, but using his site structure exactly. The domain had plenty of traffic and PR3. It also came up #1 when you typed in Clint Fowler, my dad's name.

            So I purchased gunsmithing.CO <---- .co ... not .com
            Did a bit of SEO on it and now it is rising on page one, not for my Dads' name, but for the exact domain name of the original site. My father's blog is also rising along with it and all of his traffic is now back. I'm now working on the blog so that I can get him ranking #1 for his own name. His blog at http://clintfowlerrifles.com now ranking number 7 for Clint Fowler with the pretender in #1 spot. If you type on Clint Fowler Rifles, the .co is now in #5 spot and the blog in #3. Naturally, my goal is to rank #1 for my father's name and company name.

            But this shows fairly well how a brand new .co can quickly compete with an established .com with pagerank, and yes, I've seen tvs outrank .coms numerous times.

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      • Profile picture of the author howinfo
        From personal experience .info ranks very well and so does any other extension I have used. If someone can not get a domain name to rank very well and they don't want to admit that their SEO ability is not up to scratch then they can always blame the domain extension.:rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Marhelper
    I have found that .org and .net do fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Everyone has an opinion on this question, but they are just opinions. I can't see how any of them are based on facts or testing. But everyone is going to come here and give you their opinion. And you know that opinions are like a$$holes. Everyone has one, and they all stink. Sorry if I offended anyone. But I believe it is the truth.

    I don't think that Google cares a damn about what your domain extension is. (yes, my opinion) Why would they care about that? What relevance has it got to anything? If you just use a little logic to answer the question, I don't see how it matters what the extension is.

    But that is just me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Clyde
    SEO-wise,

    .com > .org > .net

    Fact as of today.
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  • Profile picture of the author Spivey
    .info's don't rank too well in Google.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dellco
      For what it's worth, I have a .info ranking just below Wikipedia and having very few links built to it. The term is a major term and Google has ranked it 2nd for years.

      The key is to earn the trust from Google (and not forgetting your visitors).
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

      SEO-wise,

      .com > .org > .net

      Fact as of today.
      Originally Posted by Spivey View Post

      .info's don't rank too well in Google.
      Third time for non-thread readers and blind 'guru' followers...

      Google on the bold 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 Clyde
        Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

        Third time for non-thread readers and blind 'guru' followers...

        Google on the bold 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?
        Guru follower? pfftt..

        Please learn how to do a proper experiment. Your examples are flawed. For you to prove your point the experiment needs to be replicable and yields the same results every time.

        Just to show you how wrong your logic is, Google any popular terms and you will see .com ranking #1 BUT guess what, IT DOESN'T PROVE ANYTHING.

        I know for a fact that if the owner of blackfriday.info bought the .com/net/org version, built the same backlinks to all of his sites, have the same content on all of them, the .com will out-perform the rest. I've done this experiment at least 10 times now and don't just quote me, the guy behind seobook.com did it too.


        Of course Google can change the way they weight TLD's but I have serious doubt they would want $1, cheap and heavily spammed .info's cluttering up their SERPs.
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        • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
          Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

          Of course Google can change the way they weight TLD's but I have serious doubt they would want $1, cheap and heavily spammed .info's cluttering up their SERPs.
          Nor do they want cheap and heavily spammed .com's, .net's or .anythings cluttering up their SERPs. It's all about authority links and basic off-site SEO, not the TLD. What don't you get about that?

          Stop practicing cargo cult SEO...

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          • Profile picture of the author Clyde
            Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

            Nor do they want cheap and heavily spammed .com's, .net's or .anythings cluttering up their SERPs. It's all about authority links and basic off-site SEO, not the TLD. What don't you get about that?

            Stop practicing cargo cult SEO...

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            What don't you get about Google valuing certain TLD's more than .info's? It's a fact.

            .info's are heavily used by spammers? FACT.

            .info's are 1/4th the price of its counterpart com/net/org? FACT.

            and I never said you don't need backlinks. We're just talking about TLD's here as a single variable.
            Everybody knows ultimately backlinks play a major factor. I thought this was a given so I didn't mention it.

            Stop practicing, "I have more posts therefore I know more" SEO. :p

            I draw conclusions based on experimental results, not the other way around.

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            • Profile picture of the author dburk
              Hi Warriors,

              Here some food for thought. This is a report about what Matt Cutts said on the subject at the 2008 Domain Roundtable Conference:

              "The question came up about whether it matters which TLD (top level domain) you’re using. For example, do .com domains carry more weight than a .net, .us, .info, etc. He said that TLD doesn’t matter–that’s the way Larry and Sergey originally designed the Google algorithm. The algorithm doesn’t care where the page is located, it’s all about pagerank (LINKS) of the particular page. At the end of answering this question he did admit that they might have started to look at particularly cheap (and spammy) TLDs differently than other TLDs–or they might start considering TLD in their algorithm if they’re not already doing so."

              Source: http://www.seo.com/blog/conferences/...in-roundtable/

              I'm not sure how accurate this report is since it seems to imply that Matt contradicts himself. Usually that is just the spin the author places on an article when he chooses not believe what is said. I wasn't there so I would take it with a grain of salt.
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              • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
                Originally Posted by dburk View Post

                At the end of answering this question he did admit that they might have started to look at particularly cheap (and spammy) TLDs differently than other TLDs-or they might start considering TLD in their algorithm if they're not already doing so."
                That's what I was referring to earlier in this thread about 2 year old or older SEO 'knowledge'. So many people hang their hat on this offhand comment when it really doesn't mean anything.

                The truth is that the web spam team hired additional visual inspectors to help them manage the work load and had no need to have a "throw the baby out with the bathwater" algorithm. My key point is that if they did a blanket penalty to .info domains this would result in less relevant search results. The thing is that if you're doing something spammy enough to draw notice, regardless of the domain extension, you're likely to get penalized or deindexed. If your site is clean, you're fine.
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            • Profile picture of the author howinfo
              Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

              What don't you get about Google valuing certain TLD's more than .info's? It's a fact.

              .info's are heavily used by spammers? FACT.

              .info's are 1/4th the price of its counterpart com/net/org? FACT.

              and I never said you don't need backlinks. We're just talking about TLD's here as a single variable.
              Everybody knows ultimately backlinks play a major factor. I thought this was a given so I didn't mention it.

              Stop practicing, "I have more posts therefore I know more" SEO. :p

              I draw conclusions based on experimental results, not the other way around.

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              Could you send me a link where Google says that they are valuing certain TLD's more than .info's. I have been looking for it and can not find it, would be interesting to read that and it would eliminate lot of arguing in the future.
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              • Profile picture of the author Clyde
                Originally Posted by howinfo View Post

                Could you send me a link where Google says that they are valuing certain TLD's more than .info's. I have been looking for it and can not find it, would be interesting to read that and it would eliminate lot of arguing in the future.
                Of course, Google will pay Matt Cutts to teach you how to dominate their SERP's. It makes perfect sense.

                ..not

                Look, I'm a practical guy, I based my "opinion" on results that are replicable.

                Want a source?

                Next time you get into a niche, buy both the .com and .info variation and see which one ranks faster/better with the same amount of links. Do it 5x more and there you have it.

                Fun Facts about Mr. Cutts:

                1. Mr. Cutts has nothing to do with Google's algorithm, he's part of the web-spam team.

                2. He is in the business of NOT letting you dominate the SERPs.
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                • Profile picture of the author howinfo
                  No link then?

                  Anyway, I have done lot of testing with various different domain extensions and I have found that if applying proper SEO I can get any extension rank well or maybe Google just loves me.

                  And I have found Matt Cutts very useful, nice looking fellow, I hope he keeps my .info's ranking well.
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                  • Profile picture of the author Clyde
                    Originally Posted by howinfo View Post

                    No link then?

                    Anyway, I have done lot of testing with various different domain extensions and I have found that if applying proper SEO I can get any extension rank well or maybe Google just loves me.

                    And I have found Matt Cutts very useful, nice looking fellow, I hope he keeps my .info's ranking well.
                    I never said you can't rank a .info but rather it would be easier with .com/net/org.

                    You can rank any TLD's with enough links, this is a given.

                    The OP asked,
                    Is it harder to rank for not .com domains?
                    The answer is YES, it IS harder.
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                • Profile picture of the author TheRetiredBuilder
                  Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post


                  Next time you get into a niche, buy both the .com and .info variation and see which one ranks faster/better with the same amount of links. Do it 5x more and there you have it.
                  Well you could do that

                  Or alternatively you could just make 10 different websites and make more money rather than waste time trying to prove a point to a few forum freaks
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                • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
                  Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

                  Next time you get into a niche, buy both the .com and .info variation and see which one ranks faster/better with the same amount of links. Do it 5x more and there you have it.
                  I've done that because a couple of years I used to labor under the mistaken belief that you're trying to spread. I found that they would rank, or not rank, equally well depending on the level of competition for the keywords.

                  I also have observed other people's new .infos rank well, such as the "move your money" site I mentioned earlier.

                  Now, is a brand new .info domain going to compete well with an established .com of the same name? No, it's not. Likewise, you would have a tough time ranking against most of the .info examples I gave earlier if you bought the parked .com from the domainer who held it.

                  I'd also suggest you look at the 'roman coins' keyword. There is a romancoins.com domain that's live but it doesn't rank anywhere for the term. Instead, it's beaten out by many other domains, including several .info domains beyond the one that's dominating the niche. There's even a subdomain off a .info that's outranking it!

                  And that's only one example and there are hundreds more you can find if you look. Once you start really looking into niches and actually building and promoting 100's of sites you'll find out that some of the cherished SEO and IM assumptions are plain wrong or at least aren't as important as some people give them credit for being.
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            • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
              Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

              What don't you get about Google valuing certain TLD's more than .info's? It's a fact.
              False and has been proven false many times over.

              Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

              .info's are heavily used by spammers? FACT.
              False. .com domains are a lot more heavily used by spammers because they believe the .info myth and aren't willing to invest the time and effort into making a site rank well .

              Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

              .info's are 1/4th the price of its counterpart com/net/org? FACT.
              The first year only.

              Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

              Stop practicing, "I have more posts therefore I know more" SEO. :p
              Post count doesn't enter into it unless you're showing your own insecurities about your lack of experience and knowledge when it comes to SEO in general and .info domains specifically.
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              • Profile picture of the author Clyde
                Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

                False and has been proven false many times over.
                If you say so, it has to be true right..

                False. .com domains are a lot more heavily used by spammers because they believe the .info myth and aren't willing to invest the time and effort into making a site rank well .
                If you say so.. :p

                The first year only.
                Thanks for agreeing with me, although that wasn't my intention.

                Post count doesn't enter into it unless you're showing your own insecurities about your lack of experience and knowledge when it comes to SEO in general and .info domains specifically.
                It doesn't, and you haven't proven anything.

                Everything you said HAS and will always BE based on SPECULATIONS.

                Open up your mind and perhaps you can learn something.
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    • Profile picture of the author howinfo
      Originally Posted by Spivey View Post

      .info's don't rank too well in Google.
      Interesting? My info domains rank very well in Google. I wonder what Google has against your info domains then:confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author jjeeezy
    Yes they do rank.

    BUT people are scared ****less by mystery extensions and possible viruses...

    I just surveyed a couple of my less tech saavy friends and they all said they have NEVER heard of .info.

    "WTF is .info?"

    And that they'd rather click the 2nd result if there is one (.com).

    My advice would be to buy a .info after it ranks and if your gut feeling tells you you'll make money from it, go ahead and buy the .com. You don't have ONLY one choice to go about this you know...

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  • Profile picture of the author Clyde
    There you go again. Do you know how an experiment should be done?

    If you're testing the effect TLD's have on ranking, every other variables such as backlinks, on page SEO, should be kept the same (constants).

    Yahoo.com ranking for the term "yahoo" is not proof that .com ranks better than .info domain names just as much as romancoins.info ranking for "roman coins" is proof that .info is better.

    Unless you can fathom this, going back and forth with you is pointless.

    Here's how it should be done.

    - Buy both romancoins.com and romancoins.info at the same time.
    - Use the same content for both domains.
    - Build the same number of backlinks to both domains at the same time.
    - Monitor results and improvement in ranking.

    Now in this case the only variable is the TLD. This is a scientific experiment.

    Write your conclusion accordingly. Is it harder to rank for Not .com Domains?
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

      Unless you can fathom this, going back and forth with you is pointless.
      Unless you can understand that in real world SEO, not in some contrived meaningless so called 'scientific' test, that .info domains rank just fine all the time, going back and forth with you is pointless.
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      • Profile picture of the author Clyde
        Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

        Unless you can understand that in real world SEO, not in some contrived meaningless so called 'scientific' test, that .info domains rank just fine all the time, going back and forth with you is pointless.
        Read the title of this thread.

        Is it harder to rank for Not .com Domains?
        Your answer to this is .info rank just fine?

        Almost EVERYBODY here know that you can rank any TLD with sufficient backlinks.

        The keyword here is "harder".

        Would it be harder?

        Can I be anymore clearer?

        Now please admit your mistake so we can move along.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
          Originally Posted by Al Mukmin View Post

          Read the title of this thread.

          Your answer to this is .info rank just fine?

          Almost EVERYBODY here know that you can rank any TLD with sufficient backlinks.

          The keyword here is "harder".

          Would it be harder?

          Can I be anymore clearer?

          Now please admit your mistake so we can move along.
          I suppose the only thing that would be "harder" about ranking a dot info over a dot com is the fact that I have to type out 4 letters at the end instead of 3. This may take up several milliseconds of my life.

          Both will take the same amount of time to submit articles for, submit videos for, build backlinks for, etc.

          So, no, it is not any harder to rank for not .com domains. All require the same amount of work.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

        Unless you can understand that in real world SEO, not in some contrived meaningless so called 'scientific' test, that .info domains rank just fine all the time, going back and forth with you is pointless.
        Unfortunately, real world SEO gets tossed out in favor of parlor tricks and
        voodoo SEO. And people wonder why they fail.

        Your voodoo doll video is priceless.

        Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author kartikkhattar
    I stopped reading the posts after a while and decided to add my opinion, those who are in favor of .info or who say .info can rank well are not wrong at all, i personally haven't used a .info domain but was planning to use that's why i landed up here, but i have used a .in domain which is for India and i ranked pretty well for many keywords, so if .in can get me traffic from all around the world and rank well then i am pretty sure even .info can. All depends on keyword,competetion,content,seo
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Try to beat prchecker.info.
      beat it for page rank checker, pr checker, google pagerank, whatever.

      When you can't, you'll come back and say,

      "Gee. I guess it's harder for a dot com to beat a dot info."

      Make sense? of course not.

      The sheer numbers of dot coms vs. dot infos is misleading into
      thinking it's harder. The vast amount of dot coms that have years
      of age and authority also add to the myth.

      Has nothing to do with domain extension. It has to do with the site
      you are trying to beat. Period.

      This voodoo SEO really has people twisting around.

      It also keeps domain resellers rich, newbies crying "What happened ?
      I followed the magical list....and I failed!" It was supposed to be easy!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author kartikkhattar
    I totally agree, and moreover it also depends on what works or worked for someone. Having a keyword in the domain is good and it matters and apart from that the rest of the SEO techniques is what makes a difference, I am gonna go with a .info domain and try to make it rank well.
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  • Profile picture of the author fortony
    After reading this thread, I would have to say it must not make any difference at all. The most compelling argument I saw was about Google not wanting to hurt the relevancy of their results. Whatever you say about Google, they do care about search. Penalizing certain extensions would hurt their results since there is no reason a .biz or whatever cannot have the most relevant results for the search.

    Besides, as the internet keeps growing, we are going to see more and more new extensions. Does not make sense to penalize them all.
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  • Profile picture of the author kysee
    For I think you can be able to rank your site having that type of extension but better to use .com
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  • Profile picture of the author hetalamish
    I don't think so there is any direct connection between rankings and domains like .com, .net etc. However it is good if you get .com and .net first bu if not than taking other domain names will not harmful in terms of rankings.
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