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Which one ranks better?

by Darnscotty
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I was wondering about the following and didn't know where to ask this question.

Does a countries website sometimes rank better than a .com? For example, will a south african .co.za or an italian .it rank better with less SEO and backlinks than a .com of the same name website in that spesific country?

i.e. www.thesamename.com and www.thesamename.it

Basically, will a .it rank easier in italy that a .com or not?
#ranks #websites
  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    In Italy, the .it will get more love, maybe.
    But getting more love does not mean high
    ranking.

    The question cannot be answered.

    We know nothing about the sites that are doing
    well now, nothing about you, nothing about the
    niche, nothing about your history, the other
    competing site's history, their authority,....
    absolutely nothing.

    I always wonder why people ask this question.

    It's not that simple. But it does give clues as to
    why people fail, then come here and complain that
    they are failing.

    They think there's some laundry list that gets you
    a high ranking. There isn't.

    Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author rozerr
    Hi Daren,

    I think you are not aware about the new updates of Google Panda. According to this update the 2012 is marked as a year of local search in SERP. It is surely possible that a site with local domain ranks higher than a .com.

    Thanks
    Rozerr
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  • Profile picture of the author dmtaylor247
    Yes it makes a big difference especially when you have the geo domain extension and your server is based in the same country. .ca domains are quite hot as there is alot of traffic not much competition but it's hard to get the domains as they are only avalible to Canadian residents.

    If you get a .ca domain, a ca server and a high traffic exact match domain then you will rank very high without any linking.
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    • Profile picture of the author serryjw
      Originally Posted by dmtaylor247 View Post

      Yes it makes a big difference especially when you have the geo domain extension and your server is based in the same country. .ca domains are quite hot as there is alot of traffic not much competition but it's hard to get the domains as they are only avalible to Canadian residents.

      If you get a .ca domain, a ca server and a high traffic exact match domain then you will rank very high without any linking.
      Is that still true that DOT .CA is only available to Canadian people?
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  • Profile picture of the author mogulmedia
    I think that local TLD's rank better in their corresponding search engines.

    So you may get more .co.za results in the South African Google as the content could potentially be more relevant. Especially true I think for local brick and mortar businesses for obvious reasons.

    I could be wrong here though!
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  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    I know in the UK .com dominated .co.uk up until this Panda/Penguin.

    Ever since the Panda/Penguin, I've noticed an improvement in the .co.uk results appearing on g.co.uk

    They must have finally fixed that issue, but I can't speak for other country tlds.
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  • Profile picture of the author Darnscotty
    The first reply I got from paulgl was a bit out of place if you ask me. The question had nothing to do with me. But if you guys want to know more of me then please do not hesitate to ask!

    All the other replies underneath paulgl, like roserr, dmtaylor247, mogulmedia and Intrepreneur, thank you for your nice and contstructive replies!

    So basically because I am from South Africa, I will be able to start targeting a lot of niches that ends on .co.za and hopefulle get better ranking. I haven't really read about the whole panda en penguin updates, only heard about them. I will definitely do some research on that.

    Is it really that hard for a outsider of a country to get the local TLD's (Not sure what it means, please explain Mogulmedia)? Maybe it is time for warriors to start working together to help each other in different countries?

    Until then, I think I must start grabbing the Local TLD's opportunity while I can in this untouched market!
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  • Profile picture of the author David williamm
    Originally Posted by Darnscotty View Post

    I was wondering about the following and didn't know where to ask this question.

    Does a countries website sometimes rank better than a .com? For example, will a south african .co.za or an italian .it rank better with less SEO and backlinks than a .com of the same name website in that spesific country?

    i.e. www.thesamename.com and www.thesamename.it

    Basically, will a .it rank easier in italy that a .com or not?
    According to me, .it would be better if you would like to rank in italy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quasha
    If your targeted audience are mainly from Italy then I suggest .it then .com....But true to say it matters on campaign and strategy to bring audience and get ranks. You should keep good eye on there.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    .it will obvious rank better in Italy opposed to a .com domain

    However when you change your geographic location in Google webmasters then I don't think it will make much of a difference anymore.
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