Which types of domains are best in Google's eye?

by Johnletton

Posted: 13 years ago 27 replies

I was reading something about Domains in SEOMOZ site where SEOMOZ mentioned that .cc, .ws .info type domains are spam indicators.

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Presto Smith 13 years ago

I don't have any experience with SEOMOZ, but in general it is a good idea to start with a .com and then pick up the extra extensions as redirects.
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jerytohn 13 years ago

Most would agree that .com, .net and .org are the top three most desirable domain extensions. Both in terms of ability to rank and resale value ...
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rahmanpaidar 13 years ago

Local domains are also good for getting traffics from certain communities.
For example .de, .fr, ... are also desirable for sites targetting special nations.
They will rank higher than .com and .org in Germany and France respectively if
other conditions are the same.
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xylement 13 years ago

totally agree with presto.... that is what usually I do... get a .com then followed by other domains and then redirects them =)
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- taffiliae 13 years ago
  
  Do you get much traffic to the redirect domains?
  
  How do you drive traffic to visit a redirected domain using SEO?
  
  As the redirect domain does not have any content to attract traffic,
  how does it get listed in the SERPS?
  
  Would you use this tatic for landing pages + forum marketing or relevant
  PPC campaing to drive traffic, rather than a regular blog?
  
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Adela Promotion 13 years ago

.com is still the primary domain name. As I am so
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goldhome 13 years ago

Extensions that shows the geographic locations are best for ranking regionally. If a website is only to rank in a particular location, the location based would be the best. For global promotion .com is unbeatable..
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itsallwhite 13 years ago

It depends on your purpose - with the new Google updates you need to create a 'community site' if you want to dominate the search engines - you need to brand and to do that I still think a .com is probably where you want to go, but avoid keyword-keyword-keyword and go for something memorable and brand able.

Second level in my opinion are .net and .org, but like others have said on this forum a quality .info site can easily out rank a rubbish .com

Would be interested to see if anyone has done any testing to see if keyword match domains have suffered much in latest update or not.
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webnseo 13 years ago

I think .com, .org and .net is the best domain name which Google easily crawl.......
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Logo Design 13 years ago

Google doesn't prefer...Only .com is good extension for SEO point of view
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- linkassistant 13 years ago
  
  I wouldn't make much fuss about it.
  
  .ws and .cc are simply Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) for Samoa and Cocos Islands respectively, with .ws is mostly used for warez content. There is nothing wrong with .info - lots of .info websites rank high in Google if they are not spam.
  
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razorico 13 years ago

edu, org, info domains are very attractive to google.
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seoservicesaustralia 13 years ago

Hi

Google easily crawl Domain Like .com, .info, .net It is Best Domain.
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jackwebson 12 years ago

Most of the sites using .com rank well on Google so I can really recommend using this TLD.
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murrad 12 years ago

.com, .net, .org, .gov and .edu are good to start with. Google recently crawling on .gov & .edu, you have more chance to get good position on google if you go with .edu domains.
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jnomanh 12 years ago

I think .com, .org and .net is the best domain name which Google easily crawl
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Kevin pitt 12 years ago

.i think .com, .net, .info , .edu ,.gov are the best domains in Google's eyes.
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hammertorch 12 years ago

i guess its .com and .edu since they are pretty common for blog sites
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BudgetSEO 12 years ago

One's with unique and juicy content.
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SEO Journalist 12 years ago

Google really only praises three types: .com, .net, and .org. Sometimes you get a .info with good rank.
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EvanHinrichsen 12 years ago

Local domain names will often rank better in your local country. I.e. .com.au will rank better in Google.com.au...
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- MikeFriedman 12 years ago
  
  Which types of domains are best in Google's eye?
  
  The ones with a PR of 10.
  
  End of discussion.
  
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deyong 12 years ago

.com .net .org
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- paulgl 12 years ago
  
  Why do people misread the question, and go off on a tangent?
  
  In google's eye, it makes no difference.
  
  In people's eyes, they have a warped sense of what a machine
  likes or dislikes. So you get a whole bunch of answers that have
  nothing to do with google.
  
  It's what you do with the domain.
  
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AksGame 12 years ago

Google loves com , net and org and if you are smart enough to get hands on edu or gov than you got special love from google
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SmithJones 12 years ago

.com is best domain extension according to seo point of view
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krestup 12 years ago

.com is gold but some of my .info website do rank on google. I think the problem with .info domain is that they have less value as compared to .com, .net, .org...
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