What do you think about domain .CO on Google Search?

Discussion in 'Google' started by ankhanh, Sep 13, 2011.

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    Hi,
    Do you guys pay attention to domains .CO?
    I am wondering if Google considers it as the normal domains .com, .net, .org and so on?
    I do not see many domains .CO on the Google Search.
    Do you have any comments on this?
     
    ankhanh, Sep 13, 2011 IP
  2. vijendraets

    vijendraets Peon

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    sorry i don't have any idea for it.
     
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  3. Tedel

    Tedel Well-Known Member

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    .CO means Colombia. If your site is related to that country, then go ahead and acquire one.
     
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  4. ankhanh

    ankhanh Peon

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    I have heard that Co domains stand for company, cooperation... but not for Colombia! Just make sure we are not confused with it. Is it correct?
     
    ankhanh, Sep 16, 2011 IP
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    check Wikipedia, .co is assigner for Republic of Columbia. if you provide your services in Colombia then you can choose .co domain otherwise it will not helps you much
     
    denverice, Sep 16, 2011 IP
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  7. flightsunite

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    I think google search engines do not discriminate against the domain extension.
     
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  8. Torafox

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    Not particularly good. We do have a couple .co domains we got because the .com's were already taken. But in practice people are often confused by them, and the SEs don't seem to like them very much either.
     
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  9. the_poet

    the_poet Active Member

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    .CO is treated exactly as a gTLD (like .com) by Google and this is not an opinion but it's official.
     
    the_poet, Sep 17, 2011 IP
  10. Brie Pavacik

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    As far as my personal opinion goes, i have seen very few websites with .co domain making upto the first page of google for any keyword. There is no harm in getting this domain but again (i may be wrong) google seems to prefer .com and then .net and then .org. what's your opinion on that guys.
     
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  11. ankhanh

    ankhanh Peon

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    As the Google staff said the Co domain was treated as a gTLD (like .Com) since August! That is very good news as I am having few nice Co domains and I am undecided to develop them or not!
    Now I do not to worry any more! Just go ahead and I think one day it will get a high ranking!
    Thanks a lot for your discussion!
     
    ankhanh, Sep 17, 2011 IP
  12. the_poet

    the_poet Active Member

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    "Yes – .CO Ranks Just As Well As .COM"

    http://morganlinton.com/yes-co-ranks-just-as-well-as-com/
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    the_poet, Oct 5, 2011 IP
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    They treat .co domains almost the same as .com at some name registration servies they say .co is the new .com :\
     
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  14. the_poet

    the_poet Active Member

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    OnlineCasino.Co Sells For $100K In Record Setting Sale

    http://www.thedomains.com/2011/10/07/onlinecasino-co-sells-for-100k-in-record-setting-sale/
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  15. thehons

    thehons Greenhorn

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    I have heard that they are quite new and there are not many strong .CO sites yet.
    Last week I had to choose between registering short .co and a longer .com domain, but I have chosen .com domain. I just do not want to take the risk.
     
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  16. C.Rebecca

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    “At least you have an ability within Google Webmaster Tools to say that ok, for my .co, this is actually about this country or that country...Even though it’s a country specific domain, you may do geo-targeting”
    This is what Matt Cutts has to say on whether .co is treated as a generic TLD or not...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0sCnzzVtNs&feature=related
     
    C.Rebecca, Oct 12, 2011 IP