ok, when google ranks how well does the .info see you al obviously know you can buy 10x more domains if you buy a .info than a .com in the business world saving more and building more would be a good thing... but is it for seo would you rather get 10 domains that are .com or 60 .infos? are .infos harder to get #1
Wait a second, who ever said *.info is harder to get ranked #1? In fact, all domain extensions are created equal; only cc-TLDs rank better in geographical search results, but can still be beaten out by a standard extension.
The truth is that google doesn't treat all domain extension equal. .edu .gov .org are prior extension than others, especially google think .edu extension the highest prior.
yes .edu, .gov and .org have more advantage compare with the other domain extensions it only because they are authority sites and .com, .net, .info, .ph are treated equally by google when it comes to rankings but you can also got a better rankings than the authority sites and it also depends on how you optimized your website.
yes I agreed with ericajoieake .edu .gov .org have more advantage compare with the other domain extensions. and .com, .info, .net are treated equally by google
i have to agree here 100%. domain extensions dont matter in terms of ranking. i see few people saying gov and edu ranks better but here's the question - can you buy a gov or edu domain? NO! we are talking about domains we can buy and in this case, all the extensions are treated equally. people just like to buy .com as they are easier to remember and good for branding. but for ranking, .com doesn't have any advantage over .info
All TLDs are equally cpaable of ranking just as well as each other. The ONLY reason .coms and .edus tend to rank better is that they are older and have better quality more trusted links. If you bought a .edu and a .info, pointed the same links at them then they would rank the same.
domain extension dosent effect your ranking, search enginies dont look for the extension only for the content, is it unique? well design, and SEO (including how many backlinks you got). if you got that right thatn youi should be on the top of search engines in meter of time
Aren't these just speculations? A search engine algorythm expert would perhaps know better about this.I am not sure about the top ranks but I have seen several .info domains with prominence on google itself.I do not think google has designed its seo algorythms in this way that a particular domain extension is picked up with priority over the other extensions.It is probably the users who build up the popularity and not the search engine.
MattUK is correct. This issue is only based on the Google "trust" component. The age of the site is next. If there is a choice of buying a .info or an expired .com, always buy the expired .com and clean it "trust" up. As for all TLDs can be SEOed equally, don't put you own money on it. You will lose.