Help with Domain problem

Company.com was taken.

I agree, you want to have the keyword in the domain name, as well as a .com. I set up a daycare website and used the name of the town, along with the word "daycare". Then I optimized the site for that keyword, the name of the business and the city and state. I have never set up a client's website using the name of the business...I always use the keyword with a variation of city name or city abbreviations.

Keyword research is the most important aspect http://www.warriorforum.com/offline-...ml#post4349757

I just wanted to take a moment about the dot.com thing - I know it is the most common and first to come to mind - but the mindset really has to be changed in the public eye regarding domain addresses. Dot com's win only by familiarity when people search.

There are probably millions of good .com's just "parked in someone's garage" - doing nothing! Because VRE wannabe's bought them thinking to resell later hoping to cash in. Many IMers do this.

Some Google pundits and others have said (though I for one do not entirely believe it until proven) that the serp does not care what the domain tag is-that it "just so happens" .com is the chosen one, because it was first and most commonly known, and all people have to do is use the other domain in the search...a dot com has no more intrinsic value than any other - it's perception. Content is the deciding factor.

But we also see that does not seem to be the case - does anyone see a country domain address from say, Austrailia in any other country first?

Given 2 addresses with the same keywords .com will probably have precedent. Even if the alternate has more searches?

Has anyone seen this not to be generally true?

D&C

I agree Rus, and will stand corrected - content is king,we just need to change extension perception away from the "golden .com"

btw - nothing personal max,I was only using the previous post as example.