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Ask HN: Why are .io domains bad for SEO?
What are your thoughts on .io, .website, .biz, etc domain?
And why does Google hate the .io, .biz domains? Because I've often see .io domains rank lower than .com domains (i.e. the main product site being eclipsed by some .com review site). What is the thinking behind that?
What are your thoughts? Those with .io domains, do you feel your site takes the SEO hit?
- superasn 10y ago> I've often see .io domains rank lower than .com domains (i.e. the main product site being eclipsed by some .com review site) Sorry forgot to give you an example. Search for example "videopal". You'll see that the actual website (videopal.io) is ranking at 4th or 5th. I've also seen this for many other sites too. Disclaimer: It's just a random site I picked. I don't have anything to do with it.
- teslacar 10y agobecause .oi domains are much newer... many .coms have been around for year, so they have better SEO factors
- taprun 10y agoThis might be a case of correlation, not causation.
- skyisblue 10y agoGoogle provides a ranking boost to local domains. So .co.uk domains get a ranking boost for searches made in the United Kingdom. Reason being that local domains are more likely to return a relevant search result. For example if you searched for 'Google Pixel Review' in Google UK you're likely to see .co.uk sites appear at the top of the search results as the reviews may contain UK release dates and pricing that's more relevant than a US site. .io is a country top level domain assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territory, so having a .io domain will only give you a ranking boost for that specific country.
- seanwilson 10y agoYou have evidence .io domains take a hit?