.tv doman name for TV related site?

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Hi I am developing a product in a niche relate to broadcast TV. Some of the names I want are taken as .coms, but they are available in .tv. .tv seems like a natural for this but I don't know if it holds up for search engine rankings, etc. Does any one have any opinion on the use of .tv domain names for a TV related product?

Secondly, it seems the .tv domain is $30 more on godaddy than a .com, is this just godaddy, or do .tv domains cost more for some reason?

Thanks, Ed
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  • Profile picture of the author mahol
    .tv, the TLD for online video. Use this easily reconigzable extension to connect companies and individuals to rich media content.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by edd666666 View Post

    .tv seems like a natural for this but I don't know if it holds up for search engine rankings, etc. Does any one have any opinion on the use of .tv domain names for a TV related product?
    Yes, Google has an opinion on this.

    They've announced openly that three former "national" domain extensions, .tv, .me and .co (originally for Tuvalu, Montenegro and Colombia), because of their widespread international usage, are now treated exactly the same as all the TLD's (.com/.org/.net/.info etc.) for all ranking/SEO purposes.

    That may not be so at all for other search engines, though, of course.

    .tv names are currently $24.99 per year at Namecheap.
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    • Profile picture of the author mahol
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      .tv names are currently $24.99 per year at Namecheap.
      This price is almost same for every domain name provider!!!
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by edd666666 View Post

        do .tv domains cost more for some reason?
        More than most, yes.

        The Tuvalu government is a co-owner of the company that licenses these .tv domain names. I suspect it may be a significant contributor to the national economy. I'm not sure what other "exports" they have ...

        These things can go up and down a little, though. I remember the last ".me" domain-name I registered at Namecheap was only $4.99, though they'd been about $25 not long before that, and now they're $7.99, I think. Strange ...
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    • Profile picture of the author Domainate
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Yes, Google has an opinion on this.

      They've announced openly that three former "national" domain extensions, .tv, .me and .co (originally for Tuvalu, Montenegro and Colombia), because of their widespread international usage, are now treated exactly the same as all the TLD's (.com/.org/.net/.info etc.) for all ranking/SEO purposes.

      That may not be so at all for other search engines, though, of course.
      It may also not be true for Google despite them saying that. There's a tiny proportion of .co high in search results compared to .com - much smaller than the roughly 1:100 .co domains registered compared to .com.

      That said, .tv for anything video/tv related is the only reason to ever consider using .tv, and a good reason to consider using it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by Domainate View Post

        There's a tiny proportion of .co high in search results compared to .com - much smaller than the roughly 1:100 .co domains registered compared to .com.
        I hear you ... but for myself I attribute that to the fact that some people typically don't use .co for domains they want/plan/intend to rank highly, which is why fewer of them do (in other words, it may be evidential of people's care/caution/expectations, rather than of any underlying SEO reality)? There's also the fact that they haven't been around for nearly so long, of course, so they haven't been acquiring backlinks etc. for as long as many .com domains have ... and that can gradually change, too.

        All that said, I wouldn't actually buy one, myself.

        A .tv for a TV-related site, I think we agree, is probably a whole different ball-game, and the reasons go well beyond SEO, anyway.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mitsakis
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      .tv names are currently $24.99 per year at Namecheap.
      $10.99 at name.com
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    .tv is a great extension for a tv related site. I'd definitely go for it. I like the extension for media related sites and have seen some very creative uses for .tv sites. They rank as well as any domain if you do the SEO.
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