Should I be cheap and use a .info?

by gigabit_2

Posted: 17 years ago 17 replies

I want to set up a mini review blog with about 10 articles on it...

The main keyword I want to use (for the main static page) has 1300 searches a month and 8000 competing pages (in quotes). Even without quotes the competition is very weak...I think I could easily beat them out with a Squidoo page or blogger blog....

It is a buying keyword...and I think a good majority of people who search for the term are looking to buy...

I will also be targeting other long tailed keywords in my blog posts (all getting about 1500 searches per month) with approximately the same competition.

I will be targeting the long tailed keywords with blog posts.

Ok either way...back to my question...

Should I just suck it up and get a .com,.org, or .net?

Or is the competition weak enough for me to try to get to #1 in google using a .info?

The pages I am trying to beat out have almost no back links, and they all have a PR of 0.

Would you even try to set this up on a .info?

Or am I just being too cheap?

#cheap #info

Tina Golden

17 years ago

If you seriously believe it will be a money maker, don't cheap out. An info domain screams spammer to many people online. Isn't it worth a lousy $7.50 to give a better first impression?

Tina

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gigabit_2

17 years ago

I understand that a .info screams spam in the "Make money online niche"

But what about for people who aren't as internet savvy as everyone on the Warrior Forum?

Do you think people see a .info and think "hey this site is informational?"

I'm probably going to go with the .com...

But I'm just wondering if I'm wasting money doing it...

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Tina Golden

17 years ago

Actually, it's not just marketers who recognize an info domain that way. I know a lot of people who are completely uninvolved with online marketing who have told me that they "know" that info means scammer or spammer.

Seriously, if the keyword is as good as you think, how hard is it really going to be to recoup $7.50? That's the most I pay for a domain using a coupon for GoDaddy and sometimes you can get them even cheaper.

Tina

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KenJ

17 years ago

Have you EVER come across a .info domain that is making money? Has one EVER come up top in a search engine search

I doubt it

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paulgl 17 years ago

Originally Posted by kenj

Have you EVER come across a .info domain that is making money? Has one EVER come up top in a search engine search

I doubt it

kenj

Do a search for pagerank checker, pr checker, or some variation.
The dot info rules the niche. And I mean they OWN the niche.
So, there ya go! Google loves that dot info with a love given out
to no other. If only we could be so lucky.

How is a dot info cheap? I see dot coms selling for the same price.
Yahoo regularly gives you a dot com for a lousy 2 bucks.

You go with a dot info if you need the domain. Period.
Means nothing else. You see more dot coms, well, because there
are more!

Paul
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bgmacaw

17 years ago

Originally Posted by kenj

Have you EVER come across a .info domain that is making money? Has one EVER come up top in a search engine search

Do you ever use Google to search? :rolleyes:

MTA Home Page
Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference - Regexp Patterns
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages
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I have dozens of .infos myself that make money and several of those are in the #1 position in Google, Yahoo or Bing.

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WealthWithin

17 years ago

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

2 Questions,

1. For how many years did you initially register these domains for?
2. How long did it take you to get into 1st Google page?

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bgmacaw 17 years ago

Originally Posted by WealthWithin

1. For how many years did you initially register these domains for?
2. How long did it take you to get into 1st Google page?

1. One year. I never buy more than one year on a new domain. It is important to note though that the discount for .info domains is only for the first year. Years after that are almost as much as a .com. My oldest .info domain will hit the 3 year mark soon.

2. It depends on the niche. For my niche sites I basically target long tail buying terms that are relatively easy to rank on page one for unless there are strong authority sites present.
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halfpoint

17 years ago

Originally Posted by bgmacaw

Every time I come into a thread regarding anything about or close to SEO I find myself about to respond to someone only to find that you've already said what I was going to.

You're dominating my thanks button!

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Craig McPherson 17 years ago

Originally Posted by kenj

Have you EVER come across a .info domain that is making money? Has one EVER come up top in a search engine search

I doubt it

kenj

type in ... free money making website

Free Money Making Website: How to make extra money with your money making website does very, very nicely thanks.
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CloudTap 17 years ago

I would recommend that you stick with TLD's like .com .net and .org
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Paul Roekle 17 years ago

pr checker . info has a PR of 7 and over 9 million backlinks. It does own the top 2 spots for the keyword "pr checker."

.infos got a bad name because sites like godaddy started selling them for a cheaper price a few years back. They were mass bought by spammers who needed to change the domains in their emails often. While .infos do automatically have a bad spam score - I don't believe they are penalized in the SERPS because of their extension.

They do seem to take longer to index though.
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duncanb 17 years ago

.coms are cheap enough nowadays. cheap enough for one to be able to justify choosing the .com over the cheaper .info
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- All Night Cafe 17 years ago
  
  Tina's right always go for a .com Waht is the most you can
  lose. If you did your research right, don't sweat the price.
  
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Arun Kumar 17 years ago

I would suggest you to go for " .com " or " .net " or " .org " domain extensions.
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- NicheCowboy 17 years ago
  
  .info's have never ranked well for me. I stay with .com, org.s and nets.
  
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tjcocker 17 years ago

Again with this .info stuff? Aren't there like 20 of the same threads?

Move on, ignore .infos and take no action... so someone else can buy them and start making money. It's been working for me. I've bought several .infos when the .com, .net, and .org were all taken, but they weren't doing anything with them. Overall they've done well, one is a PR4 after less than 6 months. Oh wait, nevermind, forget that I told you that. All .infos suck.
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