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The main issue people think about is that .com is the best for exposure on Search Engines but what they don't realise is that because of this EXACT reason is th
by mflindell 14y ago
The main issue people think about is that .com is the best for exposure on Search Engines but what they don't realise is that because of this EXACT reason is that Google puts .com to the top. Because they still believe that the community at large values a .com domain.
As time passes, people will adopt more different domain types and I'm sure Google will notice and adjust its search algorithms accordingly.
So, why not? Start the .whatever revolution!
I have sites like calendarme.in and des.sk and they're working great.
- alexjeffrey 14y agoI suppose the concern I have is that I'm starting a B2C security company. This means I have to (or at least feel like I have to) balance the requirements of having a short, trustworthy domain and making it accessible to less-technical users by making it a .com. I may well be overthinking this particular problem though.
- itsprofitbaron 14y ago".com is the best for exposure on Search Engines but what they don't realise is that because of this EXACT reason is that Google puts .com to the top" This is wrong. Domain extensions do not have an effect on how your site ranks The .COM extension is considered a "global" domain thus when ranking in search engines (without telling them who your website is targeting via Webmaster Tools) it will naturally rank higher on a general basis. For instance if you have a .ly (or any other country specific) domain extension without setting your global settings, search engines such as Google and Bing will consider that website to be useful to people in Libya (yes they do consider language too). Likewise the .ly will struggle to rank (compared to the global .com) as it is considered to be a Libyan domain unless you tell the search engines otherwise.