I have heard both sides of this controversy from various marketers over the years, but primarily the answer most would give to that question is yes, it does make a difference. That for some reason, Google gives more “love” to a .com or even a .org domain than to a .info (or even .net) domain.
The people that have told me this say that it is obvious to see this is true because when you look at the search results you get when you enter a search phrase into the search engines, the page one sites are quite often going to be .com or .org.
Yes, this is generally true, however I have another idea that you must think about when choosing which extension you should buy.
There are many, many, many more .com and .org sites on the world wide web than there are .info. This fact on it’s own would explain why the search results usually have .com and .org domain names in their top listings. This does not mean that it is not a possibility that the search engines like .com or .org, I am just bringing up a point. That is that .com and .org domains should be on page one of the search results most of the time, there are 10’s, even 100’s of thousands more websites with a .com or .org domain extension.
I have mostly .com domains. I like those because when people enter domain names into their address bar they usually to type .com. So, by simply buying a .com you will make sure they arrive at your site. If the website you were looking for in a .com has a .info available and you purchase it, then as the person goes to enter it into their address bar, it is likely that unless they were really paying attention, they will be entering in .com. Therefore, rather than going to your website, they would go to someone else’s.
I do have a few .info extensions however and as far as a search engine optimization stand point I have found them to rank in the search engines equally as well as a .com website. So, for SEO purposes it doesn’t really seem to matter which extension you purchase. The search engine optimization side relies more on your keywords and links than to the extension you purchase.
Therefore, when purchasing your domain it comes down to what you prefer. Does it matter to you whetherthey accidentally type in .com instead of .info (or even .net)? How you answer this question will help you chose which domain extension you go with.
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