Does Google hate .info's?

[Lpspider]

What do you think?

I can't manage to get any .info's to rank well for for a non-competitve keyword(s). I can't figure why except for the .info.

thoughts? Advice?

[Nipon]

A market research by Yahoo! confirmed that the most used top level domain for hosting spam blogs is .info

may be this explains

[Indian]

Since .info is available at cheap rates, many people use them to make spammy and MFA websites. The search engines have taken this step so that spam sites are not ranked high.

[infogle]

What do you think?

I can't manage to get any .info's to rank well for for a non-competitve keyword(s). I can't figure why except for the .info.

thoughts? Advice?

No... I dont think so...

[kentuckyslone]

I dont know why your site isnt ranking well but it is not because it is a .info

I have a PR3 .info site that is only a few months old that is ranking fairly well for several different keywords and phrases.

[Indian]

Its not that a .info site cannot rank well. Yes it can, better than a .com or any other TLD but same amount of backlinks on a .com would act much better. I personally feel that a .info needs 30-40% of more SEO work than a .com.

[kentuckyslone]

Im not pushing infos by any means, but it is my opinion that SERPS is based upon the quality of your content and backlinks 100% and not on the TLD

What about .net, .org, .net, .biz, etc etc? Would you say that each one requires a certain percentage more SEO work than the .com?

Myself I do prefer a .com. It just sounds neater and cleaner and may appear more professional to some. But as far as SERPs go I doubt it makes any difference at all what the extension is

[hay]

I don.t think so.
according to Google,every extension have equal rights.

[codem]

i hope not... cos i just paid a guy to do me some dir subs for a .info !

[mixke]

I can't manage to get any .info's to rank well for for a non-competitve keyword(s). I can't figure why except for the .info.

I dont think it has anything to do with .info extension , just work on your backlinks and content . All TLDs are equal afaik .

[iatbm]

Its not that a .info site cannot rank well. Yes it can, better than a .com or any other TLD but same amount of backlinks on a .com would act much better. I personally feel that a .info needs 30-40% of more SEO work than a .com.

hahahahahahaha you read funny stuff

[Indian]

As far as my experience goes I would say a .com, .net. .org etc. all are given same importance. A .info is given a bit less importance and country specific domains are like co.uk, co.in rank a bit lower in Google.com and rank high for that country.

For. e.g - A .co.in or .in will rank slightly better for google.co.in as compared to a .com with same backlinks etc. Whereas the same .co.in can rank slightly lower to the other competetive .com domain in Google.com.

hahahahahahaha you read funny stuff

Maybe its funny but I myself have had problems in ranking a .info high.

[mjereb2]

If I were Google, I would consider .info domains as trash. Especially those registered for 1 year and old less than 1 year. Maybe Google thinks like me. And we all know why I think this way.

[yogesh sarkar]

I don't feel there is any difference between a .info or any other TLD.

[iatbm]

If I were Google, I would consider .info domains as trash. Especially those registered for 1 year and old less than 1 year. Maybe Google thinks like me. And we all know why I think this way.

there is a lot more spam on .coms than .infos ;)

I register all domains for 2year period, including .infos ..... read google patents

Where do you people get all this shit about .infos ???

[Professional Dude]

What do you think?

I can't manage to get any .info's to rank well for for a non-competitve keyword(s). I can't figure why except for the .info.

thoughts? Advice?

here's totally my opinion

Google doesn't hate any domains, unless it has some content which is not suitable..

Here is an example.. if you search for prchecker on google, it will show www.prchecker.info on top,
and i can see google only love content..

I hope that helps:o

[garysims]

My Free Press Release site (see sig) ranks between 8 and 10 on Google for the term free press release and it is a .info site.

Thanks,

Gary

[iatbm]

As far as my experience goes I would say a .com, .net. .org etc. all are given same importance. A .info is given a bit less importance and country specific domains are like co.uk, co.in rank a bit lower in Google.com and rank high for that country.


Maybe its funny but I myself have had problems in ranking a .info high.

You are talking out of your head man about .info




You people have eyes ??? Read google patents :D
Now everyone will register their domains for 10 years haha

[KunkVentures]

info's can rank just the same. The benefit of .com is more people are willing to link, your site seems more official, and more people will remember the domain for type in traffic.

[iatbm]

info's can rank just the same. The benefit of .com is more people are willing to link, your site seems more official, and more people will remember the domain for type in traffic.

But info is great for info websites yes ?

[5starpix]

my .info domain was being listed on google, but now the sites down, and it got removed from google, it was a download site for media

[jingjing]

see this example.

regular-expressions.info

.info with PR7

[longhornfreak]

my .info domain was being listed on google, but now the sites down, and it got removed from google, it was a download site for media

A good reason for that...your sites down.

And yes they do have something agains .info's You can pick up a .com for $6 I don't see why people choose to go with a cheap .info. What ever you invest in your site, you usually get back, if you are a good webmaster.

[infogle]

See... why is all going on for what topic...??

.info is nothing but just a domain extension... and how could domain extension affect the SE ranking... i dont think so this could happen rather SE looks for the contents and other things instead of looking at domain extensions...

[iatbm]

A good reason for that...your sites down.

And yes they do have something agains .info's You can pick up a .com for $6 I don't see why people choose to go with a cheap .info. What ever you invest in your site, you usually get back, if you are a good webmaster.

Sooner you get some things we say here into your head sooner you will become good webmaster !

1. There is nothing wrong with .info in terms of SE ranking
2. .info domains are more suitable for certain INFORMATION websites !

[digfor]

.info does well. can't be a reason for not getting good ranking.

[coolsitez]

Matt Cutts clearly states that TLDs are not ranking factors in the SERP.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1756437348670651505

[BrianJump]

black hatters for the longest time used them..but now use .coms et al since they are pretty cheap as well..google did have a tweak in the algo..proof is out there

[iatbm]

black hatters for the longest time used them..but now use .coms et al since they are pretty cheap as well..google did have a tweak in the algo..proof is out there

What proof ?

[Blogspotter]

The only disadvantage of .info TLD is that It loooks spammy thats all..
It might affect the adwords quality score, MAYBE.... But TLD don't matter for SERP... That is what everybody says, In every webmaster and every SEO forum in every 3rd thread and I have strong belief in the wisdom of the crowd.

[iatbm]

The only disadvantage of .info TLD is that It loooks spammy thats all..
It might affect the adwords quality score, MAYBE.... But TLD don't matter for SERP... That is what everybody says, In every webmaster and every SEO forum in every 3rd thread and I have strong belief in the wisdom of the crowd.

Certainly doesn't look spammy to my mom and average internet user ;) They don't even know about TLD

[Blogspotter]

Certainly doesn't look spammy to my mom and average internet user ;) They don't even know about TLD

The point was that It has NO other DISadvantage :)

[aakashshah123]

I have 90% of my domains in .info . I prefer .info since all the sites are information blogs and i think .info justifies it the most.
Also most of my sites are on top pages of SERPs for even competitive keywords.
Its the content that matters and not the TLDs.


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[Mara Linz]

But info is great for info websites yes ?

I bear with you about this fact, even though info domains achieved spam "prestige" after the free giveaway of 2004, time in which almost anyone got at least one but not necessarily for blog spamming but generic junk.

Afilias has tried to keep prices accesible to avoid further decadence and still being competitive against the main extension (com, net, org)

I believe they have stayed there, at a competitive level and when they have good keyword-name and quality content, they rank well.

Examples:

www.afilias.info = PR7
www.spain.info = PR7
www.austria.info = PR7
www.amsterdam.info = PR7
www.webhosting.info = PR7
www.fetchbook.info = PR7
www.elearningeuropa.info = PR7
www.tsunamiwave.info = PR7
www.safrica.info = PR6

and so on, even though I haven't seen a PR9 or PR10 but this is pretty common with all extensions.