Is .co as good as .com ?

12 years ago

I had the same problem recently when I was thinking of a suitable name for my website .. Should i go for .co or .com as I was able to find a awesome sounding .co name.

At the end of the day, i went with .com instead simply because it is much universally accepted and used and easier to brand.

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blogdog

12 years ago

.com is definitely more universally accepted. I wouldn't bother with a .co personally, and just stick to .com, .org, .co.uk, .info, .net e.t.c

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jamesrich1

12 years ago

Nope, the top 3 for ranking purposes are .COM, .NET and .ORG

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mahol

12 years ago

Not at all bro. .com domains are anytime best and universally accepted....go for it.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

.co, just like .tv and .me domains, are now considered international TLD's by Google, for ranking purposes (rather than only ranking well in Colombia, which was the situation when they were new).

Google has announced this openly, and Matt Cutts has confirmed it both on blogs and on video.

For ranking purposes, there's absolutely no difference at all between .co and .com (and .net, .org, .info, .me and others). If you see people saying that .co is harder to rank than .com (which, in these threads, one normally does), their information is now slightly out of date.

There are, of course, many other reasons (and especially resale potential) why .com is preferable to .co, but SEO isn't one of them.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

.co, just like .tv and .me domains, are now considered international TLD's by Google, for ranking purposes (rather than only ranking well in Colombia, which was the situation when they were new).

Google has announced this openly, and Matt Cutts has confirmed it both on blogs and on video.

For ranking purposes, there's absolutely no difference at all between .co and .com (and .net, .org, .info, .me and others). If you see people saying that .co is harder to rank than .com (which, in these threads, one normally does), their information is now slightly out of date.

There are, of course, many other reasons (and especially resale potential) why .com is preferable to .co, but SEO isn't one of them.

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JSProjects

12 years ago

When it comes to the domain extension, I've always felt that there's no real difference in terms of ranking.

But if you're trying to build a brand then you want the .com, or to a lesser extend the .net / .org.

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jmark1107

12 years ago

yes, Maybe this is such like, .edu or .gov. This .co is use for corporation or rather organization.

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MacMiller

12 years ago

Just ask yourself: Have YOU personally ever seen a ".co" ranked in the top 10 search results?

Chances are you haven't, which should answer your question.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MacMiller

Just ask yourself: Have YOU personally ever seen a ".co" ranked in the top 10 search results?

Chances are you haven't, which should answer your question.

Mac, have you ever wondered how many .co domains have been issued, compared with the number of .com domains in existence? Just wondering if that might actually be the main reason you don't see them in the top 10 results?

That and the fact that at one time they were disadvantaged for SEO until Google's announcement mentioned above, when that all changed. Before that, almost nobody was using them for sites they wanted to rank well. That might be another reason, too, no?

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MacMiller

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

Mac, have you ever wondered how many .co domains have been issued, compared with the number of .com domains in existence? Just wondering if that might actually be the main reason you don't see them in the top 10 results?

That and the fact that at one time they were disadvantaged for SEO until Google's announcement mentioned above, when that all changed. Before that, almost nobody was using them for sites they wanted to rank well. That might be another reason, too, no?

That may be true, it was a very relative answer. That being said, even with the new updates, I have never seen a .co in the search results. Whether that be because the new updates giving them equal consideration have not been empowered long enough to see any real results, or because, like you mentioned, there are simply no where near as many .co's and .com's out there!

That is a very good point you brought up, I wan't looking at the situation from your angle before.

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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MacMiller

That may be true, it was a very relative answer. That being said, even with the new updates, I have never seen a .co in the search results. Whether that be because the new updates giving them equal consideration have not been empowered long enough to see any real results, or because, like you mentioned, there are simply no where near as many .co's and .com's out there!

That is a very good point you brought up, I wan't looking at the situation from your angle before.

Type in salsa dvds and livetodance.co, which I have been working on backlinking is on the bottom of page one.

I have another .co on page one, #1 and they are the only two .co's that I have sent backlinks to and both are on page one.

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Domainate

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

Type in salsa dvds and livetodance.co, which I have been working on backlinking is on the bottom of page one.

FYI, I didn't see it on the first 5 pages. In fact, other than 2 .org, 1 .de and 1 .net, I saw nothing but .com, and page 1 had only .com.

There are now more than 1% of registered .co domains vs. .com domains. So theoretically you should see 1 .co on page 1 for every 100 .com domains if it was ranking as well. As others have mentioned, age is taken into account too, but Google has tended to show preference to com/net/org over even other fairly aged gTLDs like .info and .biz and I don't see .co being in any better shape than those two extensions.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Domainate

There are now more than 1% of registered .co domains vs. .com domains. So theoretically you should see 1 .co on page 1 for every 100 .com domains if it was ranking as well.

No, that really isn't correct. For the two reasons I've explained above.

That would be valid only if (a) they had both been around for the same length of time (which they haven't) and (b) people used them for the same uses regarding their ranking intentions (which they don't).

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Ben Gordon

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MacMiller

That may be true, it was a very relative answer. That being said, even with the new updates, I have never seen a .co in the search results. Whether that be because the new updates giving them equal consideration have not been empowered long enough to see any real results, or because, like you mentioned, there are simply no where near as many .co's and .com's out there!

That is a very good point you brought up, I wan't looking at the situation from your angle before.

That's because .com was released over 10 years ago and .co was released 2 years ago. Aging domains do matter for SEO. Another thing to consider about the release date with regards to the domain extensions is whether people had time to build up their website, brand and ultimately, business by this time. There are many implications to why .com domains are higher rank than .co domains, but none of them are because Google takes .com as higher value than .co.

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pjp007 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MacMiller

Just ask yourself: Have YOU personally ever seen a ".co" ranked in the top 10 search results?

Chances are you haven't, which should answer your question.

Type in "car games". Who do you see in the top 5? Right...
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AUKev

12 years ago

From a pure SEO standpoint, my findings are that .co domains rank well and rank fast. I have a number of .co domains for local service industries that I have been ranking within 10 days for SEVERAL strong keywords and all have kept those rankings continuous for 6+ months.

As Alexa said above, outside of SEO, there are some drawbacks to .co from a visitor perception. I do not have any split testing to verify, but I am guessing that .co domains would get less traffic from a similar ranked .com. How much less, I do not know.

I will always go for an original TLD first and if not available, will not hesitate to go for a .co if branding is not super important.

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tropvik

12 years ago

Originally Posted by dreamtunnel

just wondering if its worth going for?

bro ALWAYS try to shoot for the .COM, think about it as premium historical real state properties.

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Keepinitreal 12 years ago

you will never go wrong wit .com, its well established domained. Considering all things said (wf consensus) you should be asking yourself why shouldn't you be using .com
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jardi

Banned 12 years ago

.com lucks more professional! .co sounds like if its a free domain! (people dont like that in a sales page) and the only way it looks very proffesional will be something like; mysuperdomainname.co.UK that lucks awesome
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Ben Gordon

12 years ago

I would recommend you get a .com domain. There are many reasons as to why you should get one, however, I will not go in depth because many other members have explained this reasoning in this thread. Simply take my, and other Warrior's, word for it.

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Nathan2525

12 years ago

Originally Posted by dreamtunnel

just wondering if its worth going for?

At the moment .com is definitely king.

Only get your name (for protection) in a .co

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DriftZ

12 years ago

Simple Answer: No.
.Com is universally accepted and more frequent searched

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