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No, it's a good example, for all the reasons you state. The fact that a .com often ranks higher than its .org equivalent has nothing to do with it being a .com

No, it's a good example, for all the reasons you state. The fact that a .com often ranks higher than its .org equivalent has nothing to do with it being a .com, but rather that its owners have done a better job of building it into a relevant site. You're seeing correlation, but not causation. As you correctly observe, PageRank and other SEO factors are the important thing. Here are a few more examples of the same principle in action: http://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia http://www.google.com/search?q=wikipedia http://www.google.com/search?q=slashdot http://www.google.com/search?q=slashdot http://www.google.com/search?q=php http://www.google.com/search?q=php

vaksel 17y ago
it has everything to do with a .com. Same SEO methods on a .com and .net, will always have .com beating out the .net. All those examples you give, there is no competition, those are BRANDS that choose to reside on a .net/.org domains, there is no wikipedia.com trying to outrank the .org. We are not talking about brands here. We are talking about keyword centric domains that are targeting keywords people actually search for. So to give you an example, you should be trying to find a bluewidgets.org that outranks a bluewidgets.com, where bluewidgets.org has the same or lower page rank.
- inerte 17y ago
  You are right, do not mind the downmods. Simple experiment, buy these three domains: hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.com hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.org hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.net Link them on a single page somewhere, wait Google to index it, and search for "hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf". What tld will Google show first? But if the .org or .net have a couple good links from somewhere else, they will rank higher. So, you're right on your pure domain keyword ranking, but I am from the opinion that it doesn't matter if you're going to use additional SEO techniques.
- jasonkester 17y ago
  To whoever is downmodding this guy: Please stop. His post is neither inflammatory or offensive. If you disagree with what he's said, say so in a comment (with explanation as to why). Don't downvote just because you disagree.

vaksel 17y ago

it has everything to do with a .com. Same SEO methods on a .com and .net, will always have .com beating out the .net. All those examples you give, there is no competition, those are BRANDS that choose to reside on a .net/.org domains, there is no wikipedia.com trying to outrank the .org. We are not talking about brands here. We are talking about keyword centric domains that are targeting keywords people actually search for. So to give you an example, you should be trying to find a bluewidgets.org that outranks a bluewidgets.com, where bluewidgets.org has the same or lower page rank.

inerte 17y ago
You are right, do not mind the downmods. Simple experiment, buy these three domains: hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.com hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.org hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf.net Link them on a single page somewhere, wait Google to index it, and search for "hgjhsushrdksjhfkshfkshf". What tld will Google show first? But if the .org or .net have a couple good links from somewhere else, they will rank higher. So, you're right on your pure domain keyword ranking, but I am from the opinion that it doesn't matter if you're going to use additional SEO techniques.
jasonkester 17y ago
To whoever is downmodding this guy: Please stop. His post is neither inflammatory or offensive. If you disagree with what he's said, say so in a comment (with explanation as to why). Don't downvote just because you disagree.