I have heard both sides of this controversy from different marketers over the years, but primarily the answer most will give to that question is yes, it does make a difference. That for some reason, Google gives more “appreciation” 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 undeniable when you enter a phrase into the search engines, the top sites are quite often going to be .com or .org.
Yes, this is usually true, however I have another idea that you must consider when deciding which extension you are going to buy.
There are many, many, many more .com and .org websites on the Internet than there are .info. This statement alone could explain why the search results generally have .com and .org domain names in their top listings. This does not mean that it is not possible that the search engines like .com or .org, I am simply 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 myself have mostly .com domains. I prefer those because when people enter domain names into their address bar they usually to type .com. So, by simply purchasing a .com you can ensure they go to your website. If the website you were looking for in a .com has a .info available and you purchase it, then when the person goes to type it into their address bar, chances are that unless they were actually paying attention, they will be entering in .com. And so instead of going to your website, they would go to someone else’s.
I do have some .info domains however and as far as a search engine optimization stand point I have discovered that they rank in the search engines equally as well as a .com website. Therefore, for SEO purposes it does not really seem to matter which extension you buy. The search engine optimization side comes down more to your keyword phrases and links than to the domain extension you purchase.
Therefore, it comes down to what you prefer. Do you care ifthey accidentally enter .com rather than .info (or even .net)? How you answer this question will help you chose which domain extension you go with.
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