It’s been said that Google favors .com and .net TLDs over other domain name extensions. Is that true? Well, it may be, but the evidence is still not clear cut.
We’ve been working with some alternative TLDs lately, a .me and a .to. It occured to me that I have never seen a .to, .info, .anything other than .com and .net’s in the TOP 10.
Having tested .pn and other domain name extensions, we’ve seen our best results with .com and .net extensions, but that does not necessarily mean that Google favors those TLDs over all others. It could mean that older domains on those extensions are winning the search engine ranking war over the newer .pn extensions. After all, the search engine ranking climb is a steep one for newer websites.
That said, however, I have to really see any other extensions doing well in Google. Even .biz sites do not seem to do as well as .com even though that TLD has been operable for quite some time. You’d think that there would be some high profile .biz sites doing well in the search engines, but where are they?
Even if other TLDs are not favored by Google, that’s no reason to shun the use other TLDs. I have seen .pn, .biz, and other domain name extensions do well at MSN and Yahoo!. If you can achieve high rankings at both Yahoo! and MSN for any domain name then you can still run a profitable business. But you have to have a plan and you have to work it hard. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter what your TLD is.
This being said, think twice about diving into an alternative TLD, if you’re looking for a TOP 10 Ranking in Google you better get yourself a .com!
It’s been said that Google favors .com and .net TLDs over other domain name extensions. Is that true? Well, it may be, but the evidence is still not clear cut.
We’ve been working with some alternative TLDs lately, a .me and a .to. It occured to me that I have never seen a .to, .info, .anything [...]
SEOmoz Expands SEO Toolset
SEOmoz announced several developments including a 30-billion page index of the Web and LinkScape, a tool which provides access to the link data gathered. Website Magazine will provide a detailed look inside LinkScape in this Friday’s Web Success Weekly, so if you are not signed up, now would be a good time to [...]
It’s been said that Google favors .com and .net TLDs over other domain name extensions. Is that true? Well, it may be, but the evidence is still not clear cut.
We’ve been working with some alternative TLDs lately, a .me and a .to. It occured to me that I have never seen a .to, .info, .anything [...]
It’s been said that Google favors .com and .net TLDs over other domain name extensions. Is that true? Well, it may be, but the evidence is still not clear cut.
We’ve been working with some alternative TLDs lately, a .me and a .to. It occured to me that I have never seen a .to, .info, .anything [...]
Who?
Who has to be PCI Compliant? Everyone who has any contact with credit card information, including websites which automatically transmit credit card data to an authorized gateway must be audited on a yearly basis and must submit PCI compliant quarterly reports.
What?
What is PCI compliance? It the adherence to the set of rules set forth by [...]
It’s been said that Google favors .com and .net TLDs over other domain name extensions. Is that true? Well, it may be, but the evidence is still not clear cut.
We’ve been working with some alternative TLDs lately, a .me and a .to. It occured to me that I have never seen a .to, .info, .anything [...]
Last month, Google published an official statement about linking out to other websites. Some webmasters still think that linking to other websites might have a negative effect on their Google rankings. That is not the case.
Links to other websites can have a positive effect on your website if you link to the right websites. Here’s a summary [...]
SEOmoz Expands SEO Toolset
SEOmoz announced several developments including a 30-billion page index of the Web and LinkScape, a tool which provides access to the link data gathered. Website Magazine will provide a detailed look inside LinkScape in this Friday’s Web Success Weekly, so if you are not signed up, now would be a good time to [...]
Search engine optimization is not about getting as much traffic as possible. It’s about getting the right kind of website traffic. Sometimes, less traffic can be better.
Many website visitors aren’t necessarily a good thing
Many webmasters try to get as many visitors as possible. They join traffic exchange programs and they optimize their web pages for [...]
San Diego, CA: Feb. 4-7. 2008
WHAT MAKES OMS DIFFERENT?
The Online Marketing Summit is the most comprehensive educational forum for Marketers to learn best practices in all online marketing disciplines. OMS is exclusively for marketing professionals interested in learning and networking. So, unlike other conferences there is no expo-hall, no conflagration of sponsor logos, and no [...]
