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Value of .com .net & .org TLD Search Engine Rankings Factors

June 17, 2008 by Amit Bhawani 14 Comments

Paramjeet Singh asked a Question : Iam planning to buy 1 domain but its already taken at .com, so if i buy at .net or .org extention,will it effect S.E rankings ?


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If you find that the .com domain name you are looking to register is already register and you have a option to select any other tld ie .net, .org, .info or .us. I would recommend you to read these points before registering a .org or .net domain name.

1. .info is one of the cheapest tld which is generally offered for less than 2$ and this is the very reason spammers register .info to spam or create websites with no real business and just make some mfa websites. .info was original started as information related tld but you cannot find any real good websites based on this tld except some one word info domain names which were sold for high price and were used seriously by domain name owners.

2. .us domain name tld is targetted to US and this is the reason most people would not interest to visit your website thinking it to be specifically related to US related information or products. There are also some other factors like remembering this domain name tld is kind of hard.

3. .org stands for organization and this is one very reason why generally people would think the website to be a recognized and presume the site to be legit in terms of everything, you can find every charity related organization having a website on .org tld and generally .org is considered as a excellent tld in search engine rankings.

4. .net has no special effects in search engine rankings nor any other weightage in terms of branding etc, but its just another excellent replacement to .com tld whenever its not available.


5. You should try to register another domain name if the desired name is not available with the .com tld because most web users have a habit of hitting Ctrl+Enter after typing the domain name and this makes then visit the .com version even though your site is hosted at another .tld other than .com , this makes you lose a lot of traffic.

6. Branding is very important factor when you are really serious about your business and you cannot brand a website which is a .info/.net tld because most clients/visitors expect the business to own the .com version.

7. Always register all the other .tld versions of your desired .com domain name in order to make sure any of your competitor does not register them and try to harm your business, you can always register the other Tld and redirect them to the main .com website to make sure you dont lose any traffic.

8. Search Engines dont generally presume your websites rankings based on Tld and you can make a website rank in the top if you go with the search engine rules. There is no special weightage given to any tld like rumours say about .edu domain names but that was something 3 years back and now the search engine algorithms have changed and any domain name would rank if you do the right SEO steps.

9. Make sure you just dont part you domain name and setup a theme based 5 pages website in order to make sure the website ranks easily in the future.

Hope the above steps help you in selecting the best Tld for your next domain name registration!

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  1. Paramjeet says

    June 17, 2008 at 7:48 am

    Wow,u blogged on this,nice post,thanks.

    Reply
  2. Amit Bhawani says

    June 17, 2008 at 7:49 am

    It was a question asked by you, and i generally try to answer most questions which are in queue and if they are related to SEO, Blogging etc they get answered real quick 🙂

    Reply
  3. Rockstar Sid says

    June 17, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Haha… You are awesome man!! 🙂

    Reply
  4. Infogle says

    June 17, 2008 at 11:13 am

    Right said… Nice article

    Reply
  5. abdul says

    June 17, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Nice article…
    But one doubt..
    I think google algorithm gives equal priority to all domains that is .net,.com, .ifo , .uk even blogspot.com, typepad.com
    Search engines check only keywords in domain name..

    Reply
  6. Jez says

    June 17, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Great! Post Amit 🙂 infact i was also in search between .TLD information but this post really increased IQ Level about Domains

    Reply
  7. Balaji J H says

    October 21, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Hey you have told that giving info domain by playing a game
    now here telling it’s cheapest and unreal
    i am conufused
    i came across many info domains they gave me good informations about the some topics

    Reply
  8. Sathees Navaratnam says

    April 2, 2009 at 7:03 am

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    Search Engines dont generally presume your websites rankings based on Tld and you can make a website rank in the top if you go with the search engine rules. There is no special weightage given to any tld like rumours say about .edu domain names but that was something 3 years back and now the search engine algorithms have changed and any domain name would rank if you do the right SEO steps.
    From SEO point the right domain name makes the whole SEO work easier!
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    From SEO point of view “The right domain name make the SEO work much easier than having any Domain.
    For Eg: Sumithra from Zurich have a better chance of successfully blogging with zurcherin.com than sumithra.com
    A tyre shop have much publicity with tyreShop.com than maxWork.com or something similar name.

    Reply
  9. Marketing Meerkat says

    November 27, 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Thanks for the info! That’s exactly what I was looking for. .net is probably the best replacement for .com

    Reply
  10. sigmaNames.com says

    November 28, 2009 at 4:53 am

    This post is 1 1/2 year old now and the market changed during this time. The current trend indicates towards ccTLD.

    Reply
  11. Sagar Gholap says

    January 10, 2010 at 4:52 am

    I liked the 5th point as I also have the same habit and so I always go for .com version while registering a domain name.
    One of the most important fact about .com is that my people who don’t use internet much and when we tell them name of a site they expect it to be a .com.
    This happened with me and my uncle and so I thought it would be useful here..:)

    Reply
  12. Jeux Dora says

    July 20, 2010 at 9:29 am

    I want buy a domain name, but com is allready taken. How do you think can be exactkeyword.info succesfull??/

    Reply
  13. Aashni says

    August 7, 2010 at 1:00 pm

    Thanks for listing these! I kinda figured it was the same. there are also .gov which is only avialable for government organizations. I think they’re also starting a .xx for adult based websites.

    Something you could do – which will make your website memorable – is have the tld part of the name. An example: rev.iew.me – the tld is .me, but the sentence “Review Me” is the domain name. Sometimes this is possible, and if it is, then you should get that instead of a .com – its easier to remember 😀

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  14. Raj says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:12 pm

    How about the weightage for lesser popular tlds like .me .do, I am planning to register a domain in both of these TLDs.

    Please Advise.. 🙂

    Reply

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