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Which extension is better?

by Housestacks
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I heard if you have the keywords in your domain name it is easier to get on the first page of google, yahoo etc.

The .com extension is taken but .info and .net is available. I will use the domain name to sell a cpa product. Will there be any issues on getting the site on top of the se's.

Thank you and happy holidays to all.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaron_nimocks
    Search engines dont care about the extension.

    A .com is better because it is easier to remember and most widely used. Thats is.
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  • Profile picture of the author Terri Tutten
    If you want to rank easily, always go for a .com, .org or .net in that order. .info's don't do so well with ranking IMHO.

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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
      I have some com, net, org and info that rank pretty well. I don't use any of the other ones.
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      • Profile picture of the author leclaims
        Yeah, I'd go for the .com extension and add a creative filler word before the .com if the exact keyword domain name isn't available.
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      • Profile picture of the author NikkiBanks
        Adding suffixes to the keyword, u should be able to find a domain name in .com rather than prefixes for better SEO

        As such .com .net or .org rank the same, at times u can find .net and .orgs ranking higher than .com

        Suffixes like : now, tips, blog, plus, guide, secrets etc
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          As stated, proven and explained in 500 threads here, domain extensions don't affect SEO at all.

          Don't take my word for it. Take Google's Matt Cutts' word for it. He says it whenever he can, openly and without subterfuge. He says it on video and in writing. He says it on his blog and on Google's blog. He says it in the mountains and in the fields and on the beaches and on the seas and in the skies. And he invites people to quote him on it. And I do.

          People see that fewer .info domain-names (for example) rank at the top of Google than .com domains, and they mistakenly imagine that this is evidence that .info domains don't rank so well.

          What it's actually evidence of is that many marketers wrongly believe that .info domains don't rank so well, so they often don't use them when they want to rank well. Therefore there are fewer of them ranking well.

          "But you try telling that to the young generation of today, and they just won't believe you."
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          • Profile picture of the author pexxy
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            Well I have not done so much research and has not read much Matt Cutts but it does not make sense to me that search engines would differentiate among the extensions.

            I guess a test on an .info domain with the same level of optimization and backlinking would show the results, which is never done on these domains.
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post


            People see that fewer .info domain-names (for example) rank at the top of Google than .com domains, and they mistakenly imagine that this is evidence that .info domains don't rank so well.
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