There is no favored TLD. Ranking isn't
given based off by your domain TLD. There
are many factors, but don't worry about the
domain part...

I don't think there is any difference between all the extensions in Google's eyes. I have seen many .info sites ranking highly in Google. It all depends on your on page SEO and off page SEO.

A dot com is best though if you want people to remember your website. People usually remember the .com over other extensions. But if you are just doing affiliate marketing and don't need to brand your website then a .net and .org is good enough.

I believe, it is same for Google if you have .com or .org

Google looks at many other things such as content, backlinks etc. to rank.

i don't know where people get their info from on which TLD is best or bad. looks like many people are infected. don't worry about your TLD as far as i'm concerned and about ads on your site, i'm not sure search engines will have a problem with that. looks like you're infected too lol (kidding )

Dot org get as much love as a dot com from google

google considers .com and .org domains more but i'll advise getting a .org

Usually .com is bit preferred than .org
For some niches, especially for some on profit niches .org works better.

Unless you test runnning two domains with the same content and backlinks it's impossible to say.

I've run this experiment before we 4 domains I owned and got 2 different results. I think it depends on quite a few factors, especially what your competitiors are doing and how they're backlinking their sites.

I think as long as you add backlinks on a regualr basis it won't matter what the TLD is.

.com's rank higher than .orgs.

If you register 3 domains (.com, .org and .net) containing the same random keywords the .com will rank the highest every time.

I believe that there is no difference in TLD. People choose dot com domains cus its easier to remember for its visitors & more convenient.

I think COM is betta anyway

Having a TLD domain is one of the multiple ranking factors, however this is moderately important. So .com or .net or .org and even .info will do well.

i would hate to pump alot of effort into a .org and then have google put out a search engine revision deciding to enforce that .org is for non profit and drop the site from its high ranking.

I think .com is favored.

I've seen some exact match keyword.com rank without any backlinks whatsoever.

So many factors though.

Most people who have developing sites and have been working online already know that domain extension does not matter as far As rankings are concerned and it always makes me laugh if some people say that Google prefers this extension to that extension and so on. Google will give you some preference in certain sear engines if you use country specific extension, for example If you use .co.uk you can have slight advantage in Google UK but even that is not so significant. If you have .com .org .info or .net you have equal opportunity to rank. I can not even come up with any reason why you shouldn’t have equal opportunity to rank. So do not worry about your domain extension as .org is a good extension and will rank as good as any other.

So if there is someone that suggest that Google prefers .com to your .org always ask them to provide you a link where Google says that.

Thanks for asking the question--I have a site with dot com and another dot org and I never knew the difference.

ok, from my experience, it don't matter what extension you have, i tend to buy .info simply cos they're cheaper than .com's and i still outrank .com's for my chosen keyword. it is simply the work you put in that counts i.e. backlinks, seo etc and not what extension you have!

just my 2 cents

I think com/net/org are similar. .Com may be slightly higher, depending on your beliefs.

FYI, I have a couple of .WS domains that rank on competitive terms. I'd agree it is more about site quality, information and of course backlinks.

I think .com would be the first choice, but in todays market if that is taken go for .org.