Dot Com Or Dot Net : Which Is Better For SEO

17 years ago

It has nothing to do with SEO .... .com is just more popular, that is all...

You can very well build a large successful business with a .net, .biz, .us, .info and etc ....

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yommys01

17 years ago

Originally Posted by TheRichJerksNet

It has nothing to do with SEO .... .com is just more popular, that is all...

You can very well build a large successful business with a .net, .biz, .us, .info and etc ....

James

hmmmm someone just told me dot com is the best for seo. I am trying to register a domain name in a niche I am trying to get into but unfortunately all the brandable and short domain names are taken but there are so many dot nets.

Anyone else?

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TheRichJerksNet

17 years ago

Originally Posted by yommys01

hmmmm someone just told me dot com is the best for seo. I am trying to register a domain name in a niche I am trying to get into but unfortunately all the brandable and short domain names are taken but there are so many dot nets.

Anyone else?

Don't listen to them ... I have many websites and domain names and they range from .com , .net, .info It is not the domain name extension that matters, it is the marketing you do on the site...

Your best bet is to register .com and .net with the same domain

James

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dvduval

17 years ago

Yea, dot com might be better for recognition by people (though not always), but it makes absolutely no difference in terms of seo.

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Jeff Henshaw

17 years ago

If I were you I would do a search on the forum. These questions come up time and time again. You will probably find more detailed answers by searching.

Personally, I go for the .com suffix, because it is the one that people tend to remember and type into their browsers. Where appropriate, I buy the .net and others too.

If the name that you want is gone, then be creative and find another. It happens to me all the time!

As far as the search engines are concerned there are different opinions on which suffixes are likely to rank higher. The opinions of the 'experts' however, seem to indicate that the relevance of your domain (containing one or more of your keywords) to your website, is more important to your SE rankings than your actual suffix.

Just my limited understanding of the subject.

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edhan 17 years ago

In user's view, dot com is what most people like to search when comes to business. Though it might change in time.

As for SEO, I believe it will actually depending on your website content. If you build a good quality content website for visitors, then it will be likely to do great with SEO. But if it is not quality content for visitors then it might not be that successful.

For SEO, I do believe it will be dependent on quality content, linking, etc and not base on whether dot com or dot net.
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17 years ago

Originally Posted by Jeff Henshaw

Personally, I go for the .com suffix, because it is the one that people tend to remember and type into their browsers. Where appropriate, I buy the .net and others too.

If the name that you want is gone, then be creative and find another. It happens to me all the time!

As far as the search engines are concerned there are different opinions on which suffixes are likely to rank higher. The opinions of the 'experts' however, seem to indicate that the relevance of your domain (containing one or more of your keywords) to your website, is more important to your SE rankings than your actual suffix.

I agree with most of what is quoted above. The suffix doesn't matter at all from an SEO standpoint. There are some searches that will return a .info domain on the first page of Google. I have never read anything regarding SEO that says the TLD matters. The TLD is only important for helping people remember your domain name and what you're about (i.e. com for commerce, net for network, org for organization, gov for government, etc.).

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Yudha Andika

17 years ago

COM or NET is nothing related with SEO...its only for popularity, COM more popular. SEO depends on your article, backlinks, PR, aged, etc...

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17 years ago

I would either go with the .com or you could get both but I would not just go with .net

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yommys01

17 years ago

Thanks warriors. I have learn alot from you guys but I am still not sure how to go about registering the domain name.

Do you guys think yeastinfectionsduringpregnancy.com ( obviously not the domain name but as long ) is a good domain name?

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kelvin yeo

17 years ago

Hey Yommys:

If you're talking SEO, a 3 or 4 word domain is fine. Whats more important is choosing a name that is exactly one of the keywords you're targeting.

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blargins

17 years ago

This is good to hear. I would have preferred a .com for my new domain name, but opted for .net as the .com was taken.

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goldclubmember

17 years ago

for my experiences, .org is the best, even better than .com.
If your keyword phase is taken, try to put a hypen (-) in between the phase, this is the trick most experience one used. Seems that domain with - in bet the phase doesnt make any different than those without - .

Give the above a try, it works for me

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Chase Beach

17 years ago

Hi Yommy,

I will add a small tip. If you want the name to stand out, but don't need people to have to type in the name, because your SEO is mainly Link dependent, then try Hyphens -hyphens (or dash) between words in your domain name. like www.yeast-infections-during-pregnancy.com

One more tip,

When you pick a domain, buy at least the .com, .net and .org, because when you become successful and are SEO'd, people will want to piggyback off your success.

A good Source to buy right now- GoDaddy

They offer a deal. When you buy the .com, you can add .net and .org and .info and get all four domain names for under 26.00 for a year.
That's 4 domains

Now, don't host on GoDaddy, unless your experienced on setups, Try HostGator for $9 per month.

Ok, Yommy.....

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yommys01

17 years ago

Originally Posted by Chase Beach

Hi Yommy,

I will add a small tip. If you want the name to stand out, but don't need people to have to type in the name, because your SEO is mainly Link dependent, then try Hyphens -hyphens (or dash) between words in your domain name. like www.yeast-infections-during-pregnancy.com

One more tip,

When you pick a domain, buy at least the .com, .net and .org, because when you become successful and are SEO'd, people will want to piggyback off your success.

A good Source to buy right now- GoDaddy

They offer a deal. When you buy the .com, you can add .net and .org and .info and get all four domain names for under 26.00 for a year.
That's 4 domains

Now, don't host on GoDaddy, unless your experienced on setups, Try HostGator for $9 per month.

Ok, Yommy.....

Chase Beach

Thanks for the advise, I am avoiding anything that has got to do with hypens at the moment.

Still can't find a good dot com domain name but is yeastinfectionsduringpregnancyhub.com a good one ?

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Chase Beach 17 years ago

It sure is a long one huh.... but a good one

Here is one too --- INFECTIONSOFPREGNANCY.COM is available!

You can do an article site or Blog with focus on Yeast and other issues.

To all your success,

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inman

17 years ago

SEO is more about content and not tld (top level domain). COM and NET will perform the same way with the same content. It is just that people remember COM domains better. So, if you are primarily targeting on search engine traffic, tlds don't matter.

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intelinside

17 years ago

Well, the underlying concept of SEO is to bring you traffic...right?

So, in this respect, .com works well as compared to .net so you can say .com is slightly preferred over .net but not because of its SEO value but rather its potential to bring you more traffic.

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phcarmaster

17 years ago

This dot com and dot net are not that important for SEO but remember this don't the dot net version of a dot com site. example: Domain.com is taken and Domain.net is not. Don't get it the domain. People tend to remember dot Com websites more than any other else.

But the domain name should always be SEO. Before getting a domain name always check the words are getting traffic.

Just my 2 cents.

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Devilfish 17 years ago

I think its always best to get the dot com version because it's more widely known. I prefer to enter the domain and press CTRL + ENTER to autofill the www and dot com so that's why I always prefer to buy the dot com.
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yaji

17 years ago

SEO-wise, dot com and dot net do not matter.

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imac1912 17 years ago

I have both .com and .net and .co.uk - It does not seem to make a difference which one ends with. SEO is really determined by what the content is on each site. Some of my .com sites do less than .net and .co.uk so in answer to your question - it does not matter.

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websea

17 years ago

.com or .net this is no mater in SEO. you can also bring your site in top 10 rank with .net

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mr.schutz

17 years ago

I think it is how you do SEO. No matter if its .com or .net.

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KC-Coop

17 years ago

Your TLD has nothing to do with SEO. People will go to .com's more often than other sites but overall - if you build a brand you can have any domain you want, just gotta build the brand.

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simonLC

17 years ago

Just a sidenote:

Your TLD is somewhat relevant, when you are geo targeting. IE: It is always a hell of alot easier to rank a .com.au site in Australia, than a .com.

Especially if your backlinks are mainly from the same region.

If you are geo targeting, it may also serve you well to host within the given nation.

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Jenie0109

17 years ago

indeed dot com is widely known. But i don't think it matters in seo

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dannycapri

17 years ago

The TLD has very little influence on SEO.

The TLD can have has some impact if you have a target market in mind, for example, for an international/US market .com is preferable, but for a UK market, .co.uk is better.

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llfleming

17 years ago

yommy, you should get domain name analyzer it is a free piece of software that will help you find a domain name fast. google it for details.

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DeanJames

17 years ago

SEO aside, if the .com is available I would choose that for a number of reasons. However, if you have the exact keyword for your domain available as a .net but not .com, then the .net is a good choice. I would not spend too long overthinking it either

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