.info domain for starting my career in clickbank affiliate ?

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by LooseChange

.info domains are totally hated by Google and you will never be able to rank with them because they have been used by spammers for so many years now, ever since GoDaddy was selling them for $1.99 per year.

This is completely wrong.

Domain-name extensions don't affect SEO at all.

There are at least 100 threads on this subject here. A play around with the search function will enlighten you.

Google and Matt Cutts, particularly, go to great lengths to try to correct this ugly misinformation, in writing, on blogs, on video, and so on and so forth. Yet it remains one of the most pervasive urban myths of internet marketing.

Most of my Clickbank business is based (from my choice) on .info domains. That's because I've tested, and asked my customers and potential customers what they prefer to see as a domain-extension. (I do buy the .com domain-names as well, just to make sure that nobody else can, but I redirect them to the .info names I'm choosing to use).

For the record, far more spammers and scammers use .com's than .info's, simply because there are overwhelmingly more of them registered.

From Google's SEO perspective, a .info domain-name is no different from a .com.

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LooseChange

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

This is completely wrong.

Domain-name extensions don't affect SEO at all.

From Google's SEO perspective, a .info domain-name is no different from a .com.

Completely wrong. Domain extensions DO affect SEO.

Show me ONE Google search example where a .info domain is outranking .com domains in the SERPS for competitive keywords and I'll be convinced.

and FYI, you can read this article by Aaron Wall

Google Temporarily Purges .info Domain Names | SEO Book.com

Not to mention, what's the difference between paying $1.99 for a .info or $7 for a .com? All of $5 ??? Like I stated, if you can't afford $5 to get in the game, you don't need to be marketing anything.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

It's been debated ad nauseam in too many other threads here. I don't have the appetite to repeat it all. Your information is out of date and inaccurate and you're misinforming people.

There are, literally, 100+ threads here in which you can see this urban myth explained fully for what it is, with references, links and evidence. :rolleyes:

For myself, please excuse me but I have better things to do than argue about it. I simply wanted to point out to the OP that he's been misinformed, here.

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LooseChange

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

It's been debated ad nauseam in too many other threads here. I don't have the appetite to repeat it all. Your information is out of date and inaccurate and you're misinforming people.

No, you are the proverbial "fountain of misinformation" here. If you're going to call someone out on their opinion, at least show some proof.

Show one example of a .info domain outranking a .com domain for a competive keyword (no long-tailed keywords) and your word is true, otherwise you're just blowing hot air.

Truth is, you know I'm right and you're just pretending to be an expert on a topic you know nothing about, so it is actually YOU who are misinforming people.

...but you know what? If some newbie wants to go waste their money on 3 .info domains, go ahead. It means one less newb to compete with for rankings.

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Jason Perez O'Connor

13 years ago

Originally Posted by LooseChange

No, you are the proverbial "fountain of misinformation" here. If you're going to call someone out on their opinion, at least show some proof.

Show one example of a .info domain outranking a .com domain for a competive keyword (no long-tailed keywords) and your word is true, otherwise you're just blowing hot air.

Truth is, you know I'm right and you're just pretending to be an expert on a topic you know nothing about, so it is actually YOU who are misinforming people.

...but you know what? If some newbie wants to go waste their money on 3 .info domains, go ahead. It means one less newb to compete with for rankings.

No keyword that is potentially huge is chased after by smaller marketers, so any of those keywords are going to be dominated by powerhouses who bought .com, .net and .org ages ago.

.info's haven't had enough time or effort put into them to rank for huge keywords. Even-so, I doubt that any business looking to dominate the serps for relatively hard keywords is going to settle with a .info domain, partly due to the fact that they think .com is easier to remember, more professional and more often used and typed in, and obviously, because they too believe this myth.

.info's have started to rank well for moderately good keywords, but don't expect them to start ranking for something like "dog training" any-time soon without huge effort put forth just like the .com's etc who did so years ago.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Perez O'Connor

.info's have started to rank well for moderately good keywords

Hey Jason ... there are actually many lists of highly competitive keywords in other threads here, with .info domains ranking in Google's number 1 spot.

It's also true that there are fewer of them than .com's, because the myth that .info's might be somehow "harder to rank" (in spite of all Matt Cutts' repeated denials of this and explanations of the situation!) is so widespread that fewer marketers use them when they want to rank highly, with the obvious and predictable effect that there are fewer of them in use. In other words, their relative paucity isn't evidence of their being harder to rank at all - only of people mistakenly imagining that they might be.

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LooseChange

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Hey Jason ... there are actually many lists of highly competitive keywords in other threads here, with .info domains ranking in Google's number 1 spot.

It's also true that there are fewer of them than .com's, because the myth that .info's might be somehow "harder to rank" (in spite of all Matt Cutts' repeated denials of this and explanations of the situation!) is so widespread that fewer marketers use them when they want to rank highly, with the obvious and predictable effect that there are fewer of them in use. In other words, their relative paucity isn't evidence of their being harder to rank at all - only of people mistakenly imagining that they might be.

That's right. Ignore my challenge completely. You're the one who said .info domains rank well but you have yet to put your money where your mouth is. For all the time you spent posting to this thread as you quoted "ad nauseam" surely, you could have found one example in that time to show me that you actually know what you're talking about and not just blowing smoke.

You said you use .infos, so show one of your sites that ranks... otherwise... your claims don't hold any water.

In case you're wondering, yes, I had several excellent .info domains. They were all informational sites, started back in 2005-2006 but eventually I moved those sites to .coms because the simply WERE NOT RANKING even for long-tailed keywords where there was no competition. I guess I'm stupid but after the time spent analyzing, I moved them to .coms and now they get tons of traffic. but I'm certainly not as smart as you..

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Alexa Smith Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by LooseChange

That's right. Ignore my challenge completely.

Far from ignoring it, I've told you exactly how to find the information you purport to want.

I'm sure you can manage to use the search function.

I know there are lists of them in many threads because I've posted plenty of them myself!

Originally Posted by LooseChange

show one of your sites that ranks...

I'm sure you know perfectly well, really, that very few successful affiliate marketers here are willing to give away their niches. Nice try, though. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by LooseChange

In case you're wondering ...

Thank you; I wasn't.
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newmovies

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Perez O'Connor

No keyword that is potentially huge is chased after by smaller marketers, so any of those keywords are going to be dominated by powerhouses who bought .com, .net and .org ages ago.

A little bit agree
This means any other new powerhouse replacing its competitor will take some time if its highly competitive and recognised

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Michael_Le

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by LooseChange

Completely wrong. Domain extensions DO affect SEO.

Show me ONE Google search example where a .info domain is outranking .com domains in the SERPS for competitive keywords and I'll be convinced.

and FYI, you can read this article by Aaron Wall

Google Temporarily Purges .info Domain Names | SEO Book.com

Not to mention, what's the difference between paying $1.99 for a .info or $7 for a .com? All of $5 ??? Like I stated, if you can't afford $5 to get in the game, you don't need to be marketing anything.

you need to re-think your IM career....

type in spain and you get spain.info in top spot.......outranks many .com and a .gov

type in PR checker and you get prchecker.info in top spot.

now STFU

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Danny Cutts

13 years ago

personally I hate .info domains... I build businesses with the idea to sell on a .info domain to me is worth a lot less than the .com

I always buy .com .org or .net unless I am geo targeting an offer then I get .co.uk or whatever...

I dont always listen to matt cutts says as I think a lot of it is hot air... however I dont ignore what he says either.

there is more perceived value with a .com than a .info

Danny

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Alexa Smith Banned 13 years ago

Your ears must have been burning, hearing the family name, Danny ...

Sure, .com's can have several other advantages (especially resale) ... but SEO isn't one of them.

Originally Posted by Danny Cutts

there is more perceived value with a .com than a .info

Perceived by whom, though?

Yourself, or your customers?

I used to assume, with my marketer's hat on, that .com's "look better and more plausible/credible" than .info's. But that turned out to be a mistake. Many customers feel that .info looks better for an informational sort of site, whereas .com looks like "someone just trying to sell stuff".

You have to test these things for yourself (and/or ask customers and potential customers their opinions, as I did).

Originally Posted by newmovies

tried 10 highly competitive but didnt find any .info in top 2-3 position

There are actually long lists of them, in many other threads, here.
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Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by LooseChange

.info domains are totally hated by Google and you will never be able to rank with them because they have been used by spammers for so many years now, ever since GoDaddy was selling them for $1.99 per year.
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Dont agree

Originally Posted by LooseChange

Show one example of a .info domain outranking a .com domain for a competive keyword (no long-tailed keywords) and your word is true, otherwise you're just blowing hot air.

Agree,tried 10 highly competitive but didnt find any .info in top 2-3 position

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lifetimeprofits 13 years ago

it all depends on your seo tactics but you can rank anything if you know how to
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Rich Struck

13 years ago

I have a bunch of .info sites that I use to take the heat off my .coms. For example, if I want to republish a bunch of articles provided by a sponsor, I sure don't want all of that duplicate content on my important sites so it goes on the .info instead. I also use .info domains to host podcasts and blogs and anything else that might look spammy. So far this has worked well for me.

As far as the OP goes, well, if you are too cheap or too broke to spend $10 on a .com then you need to rethink what you are doing.

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Matthew Shane Roe

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Rich Struck

I have a bunch of .info sites that I use to take the heat off my .coms. For example, if I want to republish a bunch of articles provided by a sponsor, I sure don't want all of that duplicate content on my important sites so it goes on the .info instead. I also use .info domains to host podcasts and blogs and anything else that might look spammy. So far this has worked well for me.

As far as the OP goes, well, if you are too cheap or too broke to spend $10 on a .com then you need to rethink what you are doing.

In his defense, the OP did say he was buying 6 domains.

That comes out to 6 .info domains for $6 or 6 .com domains $70 (if he is unable to find coupons, $60 if he is...)

Not everyone is able to afford $60 for domain names. Especially when they are starting out.

As Alexa pointed out as well in this thread, .info domains are just as easy to rank as .com domains, it all depends on the quality of the content, backlinks, and overall general SEO strategies.

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howinfo

13 years ago

Originally Posted by newmovies

Thinking of buying a domain 6 .info domains at 6$ from godaddy for various niche.
I am confused whether .info domain can be a factor of not genrating sales upto its full extent?
Or buying a .in domain
.com domain is too high in price.
Need help.Also which will be perfect amazon or CB?
I think i will try 3.info domain for amazon and 3 for CB
What do u say

You can do very well using .info domains. .info has become very popular and strong extension and now it is more than double the size of any other new TLD ever launched. From personal experience I can say that .info also ranks very well and is good extension to have. If you go over to Sedo or look at any domaining forums you can see that .info can sell for quite a good price so if you still can get some good keywords then it is also a good investment.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 13 years ago

Now that I have a minute longer to look, if anyone's interested in seeing plenty of .info's outranking .com's in Google's SERP's, take a look at the search results for "roman coins", "Noam Chomsky", "New York transit", "regular expressions" and "beg the question", just for a start. Just a few competitive keywords, there - there are hundreds of others.

Anyone open-minded enough to see some more discussion on the point of ".info's" and SEO might also like to see some of the points made by people who have actually tested it themselves, rather than regurgitating baseless urban myths, here, here, here, here, here and there are 100 others.

The post I most wanted to find is the one with a link to the video in which Matt Cutts unambiguously debunks this silly myth for the nonsense it is, and explains clearly that with the exception of country-specific domains in local searches, domain extensions play zero role in SEO and rankings, but can I ever find it just when I want it?! :p :rolleyes:

However, I'm going to assume that I wasn't hallucinating when I saw it, and anyone else who may be interested is welcome to judge that matter for themselves - or of course to resort to the desperate, "face-saving" (allegedly) ploy seen here once or twice before, rather than saying "sorry, it seems I may have been mistaken", of saying something like "Well, if you're willing to believe him ..."

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newmovies

Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Now that I have a minute longer to look, if anyone's interested in seeing plenty of .info's outranking .com's in Google's SERP's, take a look at the search results for "roman coins", "Noam Chomsky", "New York transit", "regular expressions" and "beg the question", just for a start. Just a few competitive keywords, there - there are hundreds of others.

Hey Hey stop you here Miss
These are not highly competitve.Loosechange is talking about highly competitive words .......

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nickv

13 years ago

Originally Posted by newmovies

Thinking of buying a domain 6 .info domains at 6$ from godaddy for various niche.
I am confused whether .info domain can be a factor of not genrating sales upto its full extent?
Or buying a .in domain
.com domain is too high in price.
Need help.Also which will be perfect amazon or CB?
I think i will try 3.info domain for amazon and 3 for CB
What do u say

get a .co.cc
(its free)

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digitalproductreporter

13 years ago

the biggest shopping day of the year, black friday, always has a .info in the 1 or 2 spot on google

I'm usually in the top 10 for Affiliate Marketer with a .info

.info can be just as good as .com if you can't get the .com

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Always-A-Warrior

13 years ago

Google this >>> site:.info
Now from the list of sites listed, copy the title in blue and paste in search and click.
That site shows up at top usually at #1

Now take a moment and think about it.

Done?.

If Google hated .info's it would have no chance in the world to rank at the top for any keyword(s).

Now, go to GoDaddy and register the heck out of those .info's (89cents) before it's all gone.

Have a nice day.

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Matthew Shane Roe

13 years ago

Google

Google

Those are just two where a .info is ranking for the first page.

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celente

13 years ago

I have a few of these sites. I have blogs on these to post regular content. The keywords do help too. But they are just more backlinks to my main site.

I call these my sister sites, as they are purely for linking back to my main site i sell stuff on.

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mt33 13 years ago

i bought .info for my landing page from one of clickbank product

how about landing page whether .info affects on page rank my landing page ?

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AmandaT

13 years ago

There is nothing wrong with .info, especially when starting out. Personally, I believe in only spending money on IM that I earned from IM. This meant writing articles for dirt cheap until I could buy domains, hosting, and a thread here.

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newmovies

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Originally Posted by AmandaT

There is nothing wrong with .info, especially when starting out. Personally, I believe in only spending money on IM that I earned from IM. This meant writing articles for dirt cheap until I could buy domains, hosting, and a thread here.

Same here.My tendency is same not to invest any money froom home

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UMS

13 years ago

Damm! Now I've gotta sell off all my .info sites in #1 so I can buy a more expensive .com and pretend that I'm doing the right thing.

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Johny Inside

13 years ago

Domain doesn't matter. You just have to provide quality reviews and conteny

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ankushkohli

13 years ago

.info domain is cheaper so spammers are likely to bought them instead of .com.

So try to avoid .info domains if you're going to use them for a strategy method.

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Vulk

13 years ago

Nope .info doesn't matter but if you have the option buy the .com

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newmovies Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Vulk

Nope .info doesn't matter but if you have the option buy the .com

You are saying both head and tail.

I am totally confused 50% saying for.com and 50% for for .info
Please more suggesting.I think i had to make a poll dor this.
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- schiffman1 13 years ago
  
  I am not sure what the fuss is all about.....
  
  If your site(s) is more informative in nature, then .info is the way to go. There is plenty of proof that these sites generate plenty of sales and also rate as well as the
  .com's. However, if your niche you are targeting, is more hungry to get their hands on your product and/or service, then I think .com would be the way to go
  
  Just my 2 cents.....
  
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MikeFriedman

13 years ago

Alexa is absolutely right for two reasons.

#1 What she is saying is true.

#2 I'm not stupid enough to argue with her.

I have .info's myself and have never had trouble ranking them. Same principles apply as for any other TLD.

What I do not understand is the argument against .info's. The only argument anyone ever comes up with is "show me a competitive keyword where .info's are outranking .com's". Why does that argument not come up for .net and .org's? By this logic, the .com TLD has crushed .net and org's in the SERPs, but yet both those TLD's are seen as acceptable alternatives.

Why can people not see that there are simply more .com's registered than any other TLD, so of course it is going to be more popular in the SERPs?

Here in the United States, there are far more Honda Civics on the road than Jaguars. That must mean that the Civic is a superior car, right?

The .com TLD does have advantages over .info's, but none of those advantages have to do with SEO in any way. If I was building a brick and mortar business and creating a website for that business, I would purchase a .com. It is more recognizable and more likely to be what people will type into their web browser. I do not want to have a .info and people accidently type in the .com out of habit, only to find a competitor instead of me. That has nothing to do with SEO though.

For SEO purposes, if registrar's release a .ass for a low price, hell, I'll register it and rank it. TLD has nothing to do with rankings. For that matter, I'll also take .wtf, .stfu, .fu, and .bs and do just fine with all of them.

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newmovies Banned 13 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Alexa is absolutely right for two reasons.

#2 I'm not stupid enough to argue with her.

Even i will also not argue with her in the future to stay away frm banning.
Loosechange is banned.
Whether she will right or not ,i will say right
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- MikeFriedman 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by newmovies
  
  Even i will also not argue with her in the future to stay away frm banning.
  Loosechange is banned.
  Whether she will right or not ,i will say right
  
  If he got banned, he did something else stupid. It wasn't for arguing with Alexa.
  
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  newmovies Banned 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman
  
  If he got banned, he did something else stupid. It wasn't for arguing with Alexa.
  
  Yes mate, you are right.
  
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