.com is much better

Interesting point, i guess you would have to say yes. The location of your hosting is also a consideration and massively affect rankings. Id strongly advise you get your site hosted in the country which is your main target demographic.

From what I've heard web surfers are a lot more comfortable with .com domain names. Besides most people believe domain names end in .com always.

a .com might take longer to properly index, Google runs more spam checks on them than any other suffix and you run a higher chance of being sandboxed.

But I think it really comes down to the type of site you plan to run and your intentions for that site.. if it's a commercial site then yes go with a .com

If it's a non profit site then a .org would be best

.net if it's part of a network of sites

.biz if it's B2B (business to business)

.info if it's an information site

In my experience, domain extension doesn't help SEO at all. Although it affects SEO indirectly. For example, people types .com instead of .net. You lose backlinks that way ;-)

From the search engines point of view, a .net is as good as a .com. The only benefits a .com will be from a user point of view.

There is not much difference between a .com and .net from an SEO point of view.

You have to SEO slower on a .com to avoid being thought of as a spam site. Build your content slowler and generate backlinks slower.

Over the course of a couple of years it doesn't matter much but when you're a new site it does.

I agree, there is no difference.

I own dozens of domain names and I have over 8 years of experence as a web developer.

All domain names have an "equal" chance.

no difference whatsoever from the search engines point of view. You may however find it harder to build quality links to a .info for example, as other webmasters tend to view that extension as the first choice for spammers.

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