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How to pick the right domain

by Mobilize
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Just wondering what your opinions are on choosing TLD's for SEO ranking.
Which domain would do better in say... Canada?

keyword.CA or keyword.COM ?

I am talking traffic strictly from within Canada.
Consider all info are equal, age, content, domain name, just a different TLD.

Does a .COM always get higher ranking?

Please share your comment.
Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author Marksv
    Personally, I would choose a .CA for canadian traffic.

    While it's not much harder to get a .com to rank, a .CA will connect better with the users, plus I believe it DOES have a ranking advantage in Canada...

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  • Profile picture of the author 72K.org
    My advice is - How many .ca's do you see ranking #1 on Google search?

    Here in the USA - NOT THAT MANY! Actually ... NONE!

    I would go for .com's and if you have trouble finding domain names, type in domain prefixes black hat on Google.
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    • Profile picture of the author vsky
      Originally Posted by 72K.org View Post

      My advice is - How many .ca's do you see ranking #1 on Google search?

      Here in the USA - NOT THAT MANY! Actually ... NONE!

      I would go for .com's and if you have trouble finding domain names, type in domain prefixes black hat on Google.
      He is talking about CANADIAN traffic only, so he'll be using Google.CA and most of the top ten are .CA domains. Go to Google.CA and type in "money" three of the top five are .CA bar wikipedia.

      Go with .CA
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  • Profile picture of the author Mobilize
    Yes, not too many .CA ranking high.
    I guess if a .com and .ca are on the same result page,
    the preference would be to go with a more localized .ca result.
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  • Profile picture of the author rjweng
    I would stick to a .com domain and get it ranking. Later on, for personal branding I would get a .ca domain and just do a simple re-direct to the .com domain that is already ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author AlexF
    domain extension will not be as important now as link building... so from today's SEO perspective - it doesn't really matter if you get a .com or .ca for canadian traffic.

    If you do have the .ca - it will be much harder to rank outside of Canada than a .com - so overall .com is better.

    That said - things might change in the future, so if you can get the .ca as well as the .com that would be best.

    Then put some simple content on the .ca and do basic link building for the .ca that will link to the .com
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  • Profile picture of the author datool
    pick up what is close to your services, or your products
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  • Profile picture of the author dailysnatch
    It's much better to choose .ca if you're target audience is the Canadian population. However, .com is also preferred in the event you are targeting a wider scope of audience BUT it'sway too hard to rank.
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    • Profile picture of the author SocialMediaOwls
      Amen 72K, I can't tell you how many arguments I have gotten into with people about .ca's and .net's.....and that is the first thing I ask them....."Name 5 top sites that end in .net or .ca"!!!

      That's right, you can't!
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      • Profile picture of the author vsky
        Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls View Post

        Amen 72K, I can't tell you how many arguments I have gotten into with people about .ca's and .net's.....and that is the first thing I ask them....."Name 5 top sites that end in .net or .ca"!!!

        That's right, you can't!
        You can, use Google.CA - why would a .CA show up in Google.com. Just as many .co.uk and .frs you see.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mobilize
    I used google.ca for a bit but quickly switched to google.com for normal surfing so I don't limit myself to canadian results. I am sure a lot of canucks are using google.com for the same reason.

    I wish google detects searchers IP location and give .ca results even if using google.com.
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    • Profile picture of the author akif
      Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post

      I used google.ca for a bit but quickly switched to google.com for normal surfing so I don't limit myself to canadian results. I am sure a lot of canucks are using google.com for the same reason.

      I wish google detects searchers IP location and give .ca results even if using google.com.
      Normally when you hit Google.com it redirects you to Google.ca in Canada, so anyway i would suggest you to choose a better keyword and forget about the extension it Doesnt matter in my opinion and if you ask a Better experienced SEO person (i know everyone's good here so no offence) He/she would suggest you a better keyword and better link building etc

      Choose anything which suits in ur desired niche and Boom !!
      (i can give you so many good examples of other sites with other extensions so please don't be confused)
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