I am curious to know if anyone uses .info domains? Is there any common wisdom on how google treats .info? Relative to .net, or .com?
any domain name should be treated as equal by search in theory. However, their is a common belief, that .net, .com and .org will rank more easily. I beleive so also.
It's just the fact that people trust and value .COM domains more than .INFO. .Info are cheap to buy, and generally contain lesser quality content. People probably won't link to your site as much as a .com.
If you are not out of budged I suggest you to choose .com .net or .org domain rather to choose .info.
.INFO domains are basically devalued by Google and it is really hard to let a .INFO domain rank well in the search results. The domain is also super cheap. My experience is that .COM and .NET domains give the best results in Google.
.info ranks well also as .com, .net, .org. The only reason people avoid them is that they are less credible. A lot of spammers in the past have used info as a site because of how cheap they are able to get them. I have seen a lot of .info rank well so .info can rank really well if you know your SEO.
I have a couple of such websites. Actually the main reason why i decided to purchase them we simply because they were quite cheap. However i would suggest that if someone is actually looking to monetize their websites, it is best that you stick to the regular TLD�S
I have a couple of such websites. Actually the main reason why i decided to purchase them we simply because they were quite cheap. However i would suggest that if someone is actually looking to monetize their websites, it is best that you stick to the regular TLD�S
Note this webiste is not mine. Google this keyword: teleseminar millions review The number 1 for this site is .info. This keyword is based on a clickbank product and the one who made it is banking really big. I'll post another result I've found using info but for now that one example should be proof enough how .info works as well as .com, org, .net.
I think if you wanted to have a website which is just to provide some info to public .info may be good. otherwise .com is best.
JMO but Matt Cutts says on his blog that the extension doesn't matter and many people read that, those that haven't tried it and defend them by the strength of that post (many aren't SEO guys and haven't actually tried to optimize numerous sites). And those who have read that exact same post and believed it and registered dozens of info, biz, mobi, tv, us, etc. only to come to a different conclusion. Like I said JMO, but there's many people that read that post tried and came to their own conclusions through trial and error. I'm not saying they won't rank, but it takes more work and takes longer. BTW the price is only good for the first year so you'll only save about 2 cents a day in the first year. And com's hold the most value if you plan to sell in the future.
I've tried two .info domains so far and they weren't very good for natural rankings in Google at all, .com is by far the most trusted - even for local terms. I'd only use a .info for larger markets and only with exact match. But I wouldn't buy them any more.
It will all depend on your SEO efforts. But .com, .org, and .net holds a lot of value in terms of site flipping or getting approved from CPA companies.
I don't know about any of the technical stuff, however I use a .info and it currently averages 100+ uniques/month with me having done nothing to it for over a year and a half, and numerous downtimes. I believe a few times it hit the high 100's (e.g 800) but I can't verify this as I no longer have the awstat data. Anyway, my point is, if I can get three digit uniques/month on what is essentially a practise site (for me to learn some PHP) then anyone that puts some effort in will have no trouble ranking etc. My .com gets usually minimum 1000/month, some times multiples of that, however the content was relevant to something very popular at the time I made the site (and somewhat still is, so is still bringing in visitors) and I put more effort into it. This is not the most accurate data I know but I hope it may help in some way.
All domains are same in the eye of Google. There is no difference between .info and .com domains. You should not worry about domains. Choose any and work according to Google's guideline, you will definitely rank well