are .info names worth registering?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by freebanner, Sep 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    why are they so cheap at go daddy?

    im thinking of buying a domain to build a site and then maybe sell later

    Im wondered are .info worth buying

    surely in a few years time .info will its day.

    thanks for your advice on this
     
    freebanner, Sep 20, 2008 IP
  2. dota

    dota Banned

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    #2
    Good Fren

    i buy LNL.info
    when i checked
    my domain is a word
    Iam very Lucky to buy it
    i will keep until 2 or 3 years again

    Good investment
     
    dota, Sep 20, 2008 IP
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    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    #3
    I don't buy them to sell them, but I sometimes develop sites on them. Websites on .info domains can earn as much money as any other TLD, unless you plan on making an Alexa top 100 site, then you might have problems.
     
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    Hmmm! sometimes it worth on the basis of top keywords! unless .info domains are not worth much
     
    jezzz, Sep 20, 2008 IP
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    .info are harder to have rank for traffic from google so you might have problems with this.
     
    build, Oct 6, 2008 IP
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    SunHunter Well-Known Member

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    #6
    .info's are very good when it comes to proxy web sites, as you notice there are a lot of .info's in use for this

    For a professional web site, or if you plan on establishing a large web site, never buy it in .info

    Rule of thumb: If the .com is available, take it

    Jamie
     
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    As far as ranking in search engines is concerned .info is just another domain.

    I have many .info's right on the first place on google.... Google never discriminates the site on the basis of tlds...

    I own over 150 .infos and never had a problem to get them rank and get traffic from it... If the content is good it would get ranked...

    Ani
     
    aniani, Oct 7, 2008 IP
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    hellobbs Active Member

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    That's not true. TLDs does not affect any SERP.
     
    hellobbs, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    it does when it comes to .info, they are f'ing impossible to index sometimes. I had a .info blog that was a ghost for 6 months on Google. I got so fed up with it that I switched the site over to a .com, and it was up and indexed a couple days later.

    As for the OP above, I really wouldn't bother unless it's a premium domain. .info's cost a lot when it comes to renewing, don't forget about that.
     
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    #10
    at the moment there not worth intvesting into but down the road I can definiately see them going up in value
     
    dieselinoo, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    They are goood but if you are able to get some keyword rich domains.
    and few of my .info websites are really doing good on google, so i dont see any problem with that as far as SEO terms are concerned.
     
    tinimini, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    well its better to keep .com for big plans because info looks cheap... and I have achieved also good seo with .com , it just depends on your effort...
     
    extraspecial, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    .info are good domains. i have a bunch of them and no problems with google
     
    valternascimento, Oct 11, 2008 IP
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    ht tp://w ww.mydigitallife.info / .... look at such a big site. I don't think .infos are less worthy.
     
    fab145, Oct 24, 2008 IP
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    Hey, that sounded intelligent, let's read it
     
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    I believe in info names, but most of the people think they are worthless. People pay max $10 for info domains which has premium keywords in it. May be It's not a good idea to invest on them, but as I said in the couple of years everything could change :rolleyes:
     
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    If it is for an IM niche - then don't get .info, there seems to be some prejudice about .info among internet marketers.

    However, if your niche is outside IM then go for it. I doubt the average consumer will either notice or care about the domain extension - all they will care about is the content.
     
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    I think the are cheap because they are not used a lot ... but they are a very good option if you cant find what you are looking for in .com or .net
     
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    i have domains on .info but usually people tend to buy .com
    i think .info is overlooked because it's 4 letters long
     
    Lord, Oct 24, 2008 IP
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    #20
    :confused: When would you invest in them then - after they've gone up in value...?! If you think they'll go up in value, then surely now is exactly the time to invest, especially at $0.99!


    Anyway, it's all about the keywords - of course we all prefer .com but which one is better: WebHosting.info or MySuperGreatOnlineWebsiteHostToday.com? (An extreme example, I know, but just to make a point! :rolleyes:)
     
    mdbro71, Oct 24, 2008 IP