Does Google think better of .ORG domains?

A lot of people on here seem to believe that .edu gets a bonus value from Google. I'm not convinced, as it would seem like there would be a lot of people taking advantage of that. Most colleges give students some webspace and a subfolder on the school's .edu domain. They usually tell students that they cannot use the space for commercial purposes, but how hard would it be to sell a link to advertisers on a site such as this one and post it on your webspace? I don't think most colleges would notice something like that and ban the account.

Perhaps those bonus .edu reputation rumors were started by college students looking to earn an extra buck with their webspace.

 

.org are good for ORGANIZATIons like non profits, churchs etc. thats it. if your not an ORG then don't get a .org.

 

The discussions of whether Google gives preference to EDUs often quote Matt Cutts, regarding whom there are 2 theories:

1). one is that he is being truthful;
2). the other one is that he is simply trying to prevent (or at least slow down) EDU spamming by saying that EDUs don't carry extra weight.

Google's claim to openness (and that of Mr. Cutt's blog) has to be taken with a grain of salt: their formula for ranking sites is their most expensive trade secret, and don't expect Google to release it to the public any time soon. Google is locked in a perpetual battle with spammers and folks trying to circumvent the system, but at the same time needs to maintain a semblance of openness and dialog with web developers. Not an easy task. And like in diplomacy, sometimes you have to sacrifice truthfulness for the greater benefit (in the case of Google, quality of SERPs). Bottomline, don't automatically accept everything Google / Matt Cutts says.

 

all domain extension are the same for search engines.

there will be nodifference between a com domain and an org domain