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Google and .biz domains

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by kalseo, Aug 31, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi DP members,

    Something disturb me for a long time. I have never seen .biz, .ws and rarely .info domains in top 10 SERP in Google?

    Does Google prefer .com and .org domains against the other extensions?

    Cheers

    Kal
     
    kalseo, Aug 31, 2009 IP
  2. newlogo

    newlogo Peon

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    .biz have very less priority compare to .com domain
     
    newlogo, Aug 31, 2009 IP
  3. SOULZRIPPER

    SOULZRIPPER Well-Known Member

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    Unbiased but it's seems to be the truth damn !
     
    SOULZRIPPER, Aug 31, 2009 IP
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    dmvictoria Well-Known Member

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    Makes you wonder why GoDaddy always has sales on .info and .biz. I guess they are good cheap domains if you plan on buying advertising to supply your conversions.
     
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    Patricianian Well-Known Member

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    FYI, Google treats all .TLD exactly the same..

    However.. Server Location, IP Addresses and Geo Targeting will affect any website ranking in Google SE ;)
    NO matter if it's a .info or a .com domain name :)
     
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  6. wptheme

    wptheme Well-Known Member

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  7. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    #7
    The extension done make much affect. The reason you see most of the .com listed at the first because .com website is more than other extension
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Well mainly coz ppl will only use .biz sites for keyword sites and offcourse these have strong competition
     
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  9. kalseo

    kalseo Active Member

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    edcpartners Well-Known Member

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    #10
    People & businesses generally prefer to have .com domains because they are well known and people are more likely to remember a .com domain than a .biz (.info, .ws, .org, .net etc..) domain with the same name.

    This fact makes .com much more common than any other TLD.
    I would say the next most popular is .net and then .org and then the rest of them (putting .biz, .ws etc.. at the bottom of the list).

    Branding is very important - Most people who are serious about their online business will not only want their site to rank well but they will also want it to be remembered and this is best done with a .com domain (not to mention the type-in traffic that .com domains get as opposed to other TLDs).

    Another factor is that .com (.net, .org) domains are usually older than .info, .ws, .biz domains and SEs rely on domain age / site age in their ranking system.

    Anyway - there are many reasons that .com, .net & .org domains are much more common in search engines than any other TLD and I don't think that TLD bias by SEs is one of them.
     
    edcpartners, Sep 1, 2009 IP
  11. hankhaijin

    hankhaijin Peon

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    I notice that either. and it seems that is nearly can't confirm the country of such domain .biz.
     
    hankhaijin, Sep 1, 2009 IP
  12. yousuf

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    #12
    it's just the law of numbers - there are much more .com domains out there so chances are that they will show up higher
     
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    #13
    type "free games" and a .biz is almost the first site. when i typed it in i saw 2 .biz sites and i know of another .ws arcade doing well in rankings
     
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    Ibn Juferi Prominent Member

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    My directorypro.biz domain ranks well in the SERPs, so I don't think the TLD was ever an issue.
     
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    I don't think it's anything to do with Google. Rather, I think the owners of these domains just don't do much professional SEO work with them.
     
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    I heard before that google prefers .com domain. I do not know why, but it seems true.
     
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    I don't think Google cares about the tld of a site. There are more .com sites than .biz or .info, so that is why when you search for any given term the results are for the majority .com sites. Also, since the .com tld has been around longer than the others, a lot of the .com sites will be ranked higher because of their age. However, I'm sure for various queries you will find a .info or .biz at the top of Google's results because they have earned the spot with content and back links.
     
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    no, but the .com is the 1st preferrable one for all people not search engines
     
    qtel86, Sep 2, 2009 IP
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    seems that you can do the same SEO to a .biz compared to a .com theres just higher PR .coms because they are more popular
     
    icyshout, Sep 2, 2009 IP
  20. Maximise

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    Thanks for the example. I was going to say that Google treats all gTLDs the same, and this proves it without me having to try :D
     
    Maximise, Sep 2, 2009 IP