Comments on: What Domain Name Extensions are Worth Registering

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:55:00 +0000

Hi Jasmine,
Thanks for sharing your story!

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:42:01 +0000

Have you ever seen a .info at the top of the SERPS? Didnt think so, because they were used by spammers because they were and are still cheap. Only 89 cents with godaddy. I made the mistake of launching over 50 .infos with a slew of backlinks and they never did well. When I switched to .nets I started to snag first positions in the SERPS. Coincidence? Maybe, but I doubt it. Just my 2 cents

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By: Allen Taylor

Allen Taylor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:31:53 +0000

The only real time domain extensions are important for SEO is with the use of country codes. Those are included in search engine algorithms because few people in the U.S. are going to be interested in sites targeting China, and vice-versa. Otherwise, domain extensions are not all that important. However, as NameCritic says, most people will remember dot com more because it is in the cultural consciousness. It just rolls off the tongue because we’re used to saying it. But it doesn’t help you with SEO.

By: namecritic

namecritic — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:36:08 +0000

I have to agree with Matt. What is after the dot, the TLD has no bearing on seo. On dot info if there is any bearing it’s that dot info is suspect because so many spammers are using it.

A ccTLD works just as well. The only time dot com is the preference is if you are going to be advertising on the radio or on tv. People do remember dot com better, so in advertising it is the preferred TLD.

But if your traffic comes mainly from search and from web links, then the TLD doesn’t matter. people click links and bookmark so they rarely know the name of the domain anyway, unless it’s amazon, google, yahoo, cnn, etc.

Having the right generic search phrase before the TLD matters much more than which TLD you pick.

By: Matt Foster

Matt Foster — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:03:06 +0000

Simply not true. The most relevant sites for any given keyphrase will rise to the top. The domain extension is irrelevant. I would much rather have a .biz several years old (as I do) than I would a new .com.

The age of the domain, reputation of it, and quality of inbound linkage are so much more important that the domain name extension. In fact, the domain name extension is not part of any ranking algorithm at all (unless it is a .edu or .gov). Other than that, get what you want.