What is the different between .Com .Ws .Biz .Me?

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    What is the different between .Com .Ws .Biz .Me? Is this going to affect one site's ranking on search engine? Is .com easier to rank well compare with .ws .biz and others?
     
    L-Nelson, Oct 8, 2008 IP
  2. angiestarr

    angiestarr Peon

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    I'm not sure it will effect your ranking, but it is always easier for me to remember a website if it is ".com"
     
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  3. L-Nelson

    L-Nelson Banned

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    Hi angiestarr, thank you for your reply. I have just bought a .ws domain but not sure whether if it can rank well like .com .net or .info...I worried that after i did a lot of backlinks to it, but it cant rank better than .com. :(
     
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    Lovely Well-Known Member

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    It depend on how you build link for your site, it can rank better than .com, but I think it can not sell better than .com

    Good luck
     
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  5. L-Nelson

    L-Nelson Banned

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    Hi lovely, if the traffic and earning is good, why it cant sell better than .com?
     
    L-Nelson, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    These are just different top level domains. Yes, .coms normally rank better than others and they are also easily remembered.
     
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    To get a .Ws .Biz .Me to rank over a .com .net or .org will take a lot of extra effort. All extensions are not equal in the eyes of google. If you have bluewidgets.com you will have a much easier time getting to the top of the serps than bluewidgets.ws.
     
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  8. L-Nelson

    L-Nelson Banned

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    Let's say i am going to rank for weight loss, how about weightloss.ws vs weightlossabc.com? Which 1 do you prefer in order to rank well for weight loss? How about .Us and .Com?
     
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    angilina Notable Member

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    Domain extensions have no affect on SERPs, except for when talking about ranking for a specific region or country. For example, .pk will be preferred when searched in Pakistan.
     
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  10. L-Nelson

    L-Nelson Banned

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    So you mean .US will be preferred when searched in US?
     
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  11. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    #11
    Here is the answer you are looking for:

    domain extensions are linked to different countries and so rank better in google for that country.

    eg. .com's rank better in google.com and .co.uk's rank better in google.co.uk

    However a domain with say .co.uk can still rank good in google.com if it has enough backlinks and good enough content.
     
    fadetoblack22, Oct 8, 2008 IP
  12. L-Nelson

    L-Nelson Banned

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    So .com will rank better than .ws and others .net .info .org in google.com? How about Yahoo and MSN?
     
    L-Nelson, Oct 8, 2008 IP
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    tattoos Prominent Member

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    No.. A dot com will not rank better than other extensions.
    It is the sites content that ranks a site, not the extension.

    I just searched "unblock" and got...

    #1 .org
    #2 .com
    #3 .me
    #4 .us
    #5 .org

    Don't worry about the extension, worry about the content.

    Cheers
    James
     
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  14. SEOpaw

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    I prefer to get a .com domain rather than other extensions
     
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    Ranking depends on how much well rank ur keywords are in SE and quality backlinks.

    .com is for commercial use, .biz - business about .me and .ws i m not sure seems they r new extensions.

    but if u will use .com extension then if ur visitor will forget ur extension then he will try first .com , then .net , so .com and .net are most popular extensions.

    Hope it wil be help
     
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    .ws WEST Samoa I guess.. try google.ws..

    I guess extension don't matter.. It will matter in your SEO
     
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    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    Trust me, it does. Its much easier to get your site ranked in your country's google if you have the right extension.

    I've even proved it with one of my own sites. I live in the UK and I have a site that is a dot com. It ranks higher in google.com than google.co.uk
     
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    i completely agree with WebdevHowto...... .com is much easier to rank well rather then .ws....
     
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  19. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    If you are basing that on what you see at the top of google on most searches, that could merely be down to the fact that most serious people who want a website and do seo buy a .com

    I find a lot of people buy other extensions, but only to sell on or keep to gain value.
     
    fadetoblack22, Oct 11, 2008 IP