Does it Matter Whether I Purchase a “.com” Or a “.info” Domain Name?
I have heard both sides of this argument from different marketers over the years, but primarily the answer most will give to that question is yes, it does matter. 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 said this to me say that it is undeniable when you enter a search phrase into the search engines, the top sites are quite often going to be .com or .org.
Yes, this is generally accurate, however I have another side to that statement that you could consider when deciding which extension you should buy.
There are many, many, many more .com and .org websites on the world wide web than there are .info. This statement alone could explain why the search results usually have .com and .org domain names in their page one listings. I am not saying that it is not possible that the search engines prefer .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 way more .com websites. I like those because when people enter domain names into their address bar they usually to type .com. So, by just purchasing a .com you can ensure they go to your website. If the website you chose 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 actually paying attention, they will be entering in .com. Therefore, rather than going to your website, they would land on someone else’s.
I do have a few .info domains however and as far as a SEO stand point I have found them to rank in the search engines equally as well as a .com website. Therefore, for search engine optimization reasons it doesn’t really seem to matter which extension you purchase. The SEO techniques side relies more on your keywords and links than to the extension you buy.
So, it comes down to what you prefer. Does it matter to you whetherthey unintentionally enter .com rather than .info (or even .net)? How you answer this question will aid you in choosing which domain extension you go with.
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