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Ranking a .io domain locally?

by The Web Master Banned
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Warriors!

I was wondering. Has ANYONE ranked a .io extension locally before? I've researched plenty of references on Google and found plenty of different answers so I wanted to reach out to the forum community and give it a shot.

Since .io IS considered a country I was wondering if it were a good investment to start one of my projects around the domain extension rather than a traditional .com/net/org which are completely non existent for me.

Let me know your thoughts, thanks!
#domain #locally #ranking
  • Profile picture of the author Ranksword
    Yes, you can start I see no problem there.
    I have seen plenty of .io domains ranking well.
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    • Profile picture of the author The Web Master
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      Originally Posted by Blogdum View Post

      Yes, you can start I see no problem there.
      I have seen plenty of .io domains ranking well.
      When I said local I meant other than its main purpose and thats for the Indian Ocean territory.

      So essentially, would I be able to rank a .io domain in the United States for a specific keyword and rank it in the local searches?

      Ex: "best new york bakeries" in Google. Is it possible to rank a .io? Thanks for you feedback, I appreciate it.
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        Originally Posted by The Web Master View Post

        When I said local I meant other than its main purpose and thats for the Indian Ocean territory.

        So essentially, would I be able to rank a .io domain in the United States for a specific keyword and rank it in the local searches?

        Ex: "best new york bakeries" in Google. Is it possible to rank a .io? Thanks for you feedback, I appreciate it.
        .io is not for people living in the Indian Ocean. Originally, yes. But things changed
        There are very few people left, and I hardly think they would even give a
        rat's behind about .io.

        Like I said, .io for local would be like .mars for people on mars.
        It aint.

        Repeat, .io is one of the fastest growing extensions.

        If one had a far, I'd like to see them get e-i-e.io

        I would imagine that people are using .io as others, trying to
        get in on some word or phrase ending in io.

        Even though I say not to give a rip about most extensions,
        I for one stay away from designer ones. I don't have time
        to play games and get cute. Others feel the need.

        Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author CPABeyondNetwork
    Why not, if it's a local domain for local ranking you won't have a problem with it.


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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by The Web Master View Post

    Since .io IS considered a country
    Technically a country extension, but not for Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    What Paul said. Some of these extensions were sold or rented to a company, and opened for everyone. Google is just recognizing this fact.
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    What's your excuse?
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