I have about 100 sites, including several sites with .info domains. Initially I believe that search engines treat all domains equally. Now I have second thought since my sites (500+ pages) with .info domains are making less than YSD1/each a day despite good contents (regularly updated) + all the SEO tricks (including multiple blogs hosted by different servers + hundreds of articles publsihed by many leading article directories). Many of sites with .cn domains are making more than USD10/each. Two of my top sites with .com.my domain (Malaysian but targeted for the US market) are making more than 95% of my earnings from the Net. I don't want mention the urls here because I would probably be accused of trying to get "cheap" marketing.
I've haven't really seen a difference. I think it really has more to with site quality than whether it is a .info
One of my .info domains has about 200+ backlinks from PR2 to PR4 sites. I bought it from an auction. Was it a "bad" domain in its previous life?
I'm going to do some experiments. I will get different servers at a popular hosting provider and get two blog farms (3 domains + 5 sub-domains/each) to feed it with good contents. I have some excellent tools on sale at USD2 to USD20/each.
The others are with duplicated contents too but they are fine. Duplicated contents are not the problem, duplicated templates with footprints are. I don't use duplicated templates because I'm OK with Dreamweaver and Frontpage (8-year plus).
I don't know why people buy .info's unless they're for MFA sites. I have never visited one and don't know why I ever would.
I don't think google dislikes .info domains. If that was true nobody would buy such a domain. All that matters are the backlinks
.info are a great alternative to .com... Google disliking .info domain... total myth it all boils down to how you monetize and optimze your site....
From the information I have, yes, you are better off with .com's. If you have bulk sites, just use generic .com's, like search-now.com, with 40-50 subdomains on each.
Search engines have no special care about.info name.But these names are typically used for personal sites.So visitor can think this site is not niche site. That may be reason to have a low income from .info sites
Personally, I don't feel so. My info domain has been fighting for the same spot with the same keyword .com domain. One day mine is on the top, the second day, the other one is on the top.