How far are .org and .net behind .com?

12 years ago

They just rank better and carry a higher weight. ".com" for example will beat out .org, or .net. As for the the other extenstions. You can still rank but generally you must do more work and sometimes a lot more work to get to the same place as you would with a .com.

In other words, if the .com, .net and .org all have the same on page SEO and off page SEO and all of the backlinks weighed the same then theoretically the .com would be ranked ahead of the others. etc.

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sOliver

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Bond Girl

They just rank better and carry a higher weight. ".com" for example will beat out .org, or .net. As for the the other extenstions. You can still rank but generally you must do more work and sometimes a lot more work to get to the same place as you would with a .com.

In other words, if the .com, .net and .org all have the same on page SEO and off page SEO and all of the backlinks weighed the same then theoretically the .com would be ranked ahead of the others. etc.

I hope that makes sense...

Totally wrong information. As mentioned by Matt several times, Google ranks all extensions the same. The only difference they make is country domains ccTLD .. when you have a .us domain and want to rank better in the US -- that's the way to go. Want to rank high in India? Go for .in etc.

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sOliver 12 years ago

Some inside juice: Domain registration length matters .. so don't buy a info and register for only 1 year - looks spammy and you are not serious about it
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Bond Girl

12 years ago

Just to clarify, I have ranked .net and .org's and .info's ahead of .com so it can be done and sometimes easily-

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12 years ago

In my opinion, there is not any huge difference between them and all of them can rank in top results if you optimize them well. There are many .net or .org domains that are ranking well in Google and Google ranks them better than .com ones.

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Marketing Fool 12 years ago

There isn't a bit of difference between any EMD when it comes to pure SEO.

The only reason to choose a .com over any others is a purely marketing/branding point of view (ie people recognize .com better than the others).

If SEO is your main focus, then it really really really doesn't matter which EMD you choose.

I own thousands of .info sites and they rank just fine.
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- paulgl 12 years ago
  
  How far are .org and .net behind .com?
  
  Well, just ask wikipedia.org.
  
  Case closed.
  
  Until the next round, of course. Probably
  later on today...
  
  Paul
  
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John Williamson

12 years ago

As has been discussed countless times already, no difference. Use the search feature of the forum.

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msu

12 years ago

Not related to SEO but bear in mind a .org often converts traffic better for certain types of informational websites with, say, lead form generation, because it has a non-profit, non-commercial feel about.

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Ant B

12 years ago

No difference between any extensions. Mods, please sticky something so we don't have the same questions daily.