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.ME Domain Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by Yevgeny, Jul 11, 2008.

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  1. chefradish

    chefradish Peon

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    #1221
    Has anyone had any luck getting .me domains ranked in the top 10 of US organic search in Google?
     
    chefradish, Jul 15, 2009 IP
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    #1222
    I've yet to see one...and my job is to basically be on the internet all day...simply have never seen one, not even on page 10 of results.
     
    Pixelrage, Jul 15, 2009 IP
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    #1223
    Sorry to say they are very rare to see ranked in the top 10, but Im sure with dedicated SEO and a relatively barren niche you could get it done.
     
    jason18241, Jul 15, 2009 IP
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    #1224
    Like most people, I don't usually look at the extension of a domain in the SERP's so I can't be sure how often they come up. But anyway.. I just tried a few searches and found a couple.

    Search term = Bob Parsons .ME at #1

    Search term = Notify .ME at #6

    Search term = Tattoo Tatau .ME at #6 (can't get the .net version on the first page.)

    Search term = MyEducation .ME at #9

    The MyEducation one could do a lot better with some basic SEO.
    EG: Change the title tag of the homepage from "HOME" to "My Education"

    Cheers
    James
     
    tattoos, Jul 16, 2009 IP
  5. Pixelrage

    Pixelrage Peon

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    #1225
    What are they ranking for? The BobParsons one doesn't surprise me, with his backlink directly from Godaddy.com :D
     
    Pixelrage, Jul 16, 2009 IP
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    #1226
    Not sure what they are ranking for, I was just trying to show that .ME's are ranking.
    In the case of notify.me, it ranks #6 out of 116,000,000 results for the search term notify. With 22,000 global searches per month for that exact term, I would consider that a great achievement for any site, regardless of the domains extension.

    Interesting that BobParsons.me is also #1 for the search term 16 Rules
    Going by Google adwords keyword tool, that gets him around 22 visits per month :D

    Cheers
    James
     
    tattoos, Jul 16, 2009 IP
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    gingerbreadweb, Jul 17, 2009 IP
  8. chefradish

    chefradish Peon

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    #1228
    It's nice to see a few examples of .Me's ranking, but I'm going to wait for a while before I invest heavily in SEO'ing a .ME name - seems like a bit of an uphill battle.
     
    chefradish, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    #1229
    The biggest problem with SEOing .ME domains is that they are GEO targeted for Montenegro and Google still won't let you change the GEO target in Webmaster Tools, even though the .ME extension was supposedly released (or at least marketed) as a global extension.
     
    gingerbreadweb, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    Pixelrage Peon

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    #1230
    Wow, really? That does suck...I asked that question on Google's forums, and someone told me that you can remove the geotargeting from .me's.
     
    Pixelrage, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    gingerbreadweb Active Member

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    I'd love to know how! When I try in Google Webmaster Tools, it won't let me :(
     
    gingerbreadweb, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    #1232
    As far as I know, having a website geo targeted in webmaster tools to a specific region, can give you a slight boost in the local search listing when someone searches in that region... It does not mean you won't rank as well or will rank less in other regions.

    Google will give you the most relevant results for a query, regardless of the extension of the domain or where you search from.
    Search for the wallabies in Google.com, and the wallabies in Google.co.jp and the most relevant result is number 1. (a .com.au)

    So I don't think it is too much of a disadvantage.
    .ME domains should be as easy to rank as any other domain.

    Sharing my opinion

    Cheers
    James
     
    tattoos, Jul 17, 2009 IP
  13. CannabisSEO

    CannabisSEO Well-Known Member

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    #1233
    This is good news to read! I have been wondering how the .me's would rank in the search engines. This is encouraging . . . :)
     
    CannabisSEO, Jul 17, 2009 IP
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    #1234

    Yeah it's not a huge issue, but it's still an issue - I've seen it make a notable difference between Google.com and country-specific Google searches. There are other GEO factors, such as your server's location and particularly inbound links, but it would be nice if Google allowed users to GEO target .ME domains towards other countries, since the extension has been marketed globally.
     
    gingerbreadweb, Jul 18, 2009 IP
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    #1235
    I noticed a question posted for Matt Cutts video questions at Google moderator asking why a ccTLD like .co.uk could not be changed to target a different region in WMT's and also why .ME's GEO targeting can not be changed even though they were marketed as a global extension.. (Was that you?)
    If that question gets enough votes, he may just answer it in the next round of Google webmaster help videos.

    So go on folks.. vote it up :)

    Cheers
    James
     
    tattoos, Jul 18, 2009 IP
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    inetmoney Banned

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    #1236
    i like the .me domain!
     
    inetmoney, Jul 18, 2009 IP
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    I did but it doesn't seem to be doing too well in the voting :(


    Me too! :)
     
    gingerbreadweb, Jul 18, 2009 IP
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    PuneetJvw, Jul 20, 2009 IP
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    #1239
    Article is really gr8 but i tell u what that people are just addicted to .com craze so that's why i still prefer .com
     
    wildogre, Jul 20, 2009 IP
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