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Old November 24th, 2008, 11:02 PM
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Choosing domain name

Hi,

I'm looking at new domain names, but someone already took the .com domain for the keyword that I would like to promote.

Now I could e.g. choose

supder-domain.com
superomain.net
superdomain.info

But what is best SEO wise?

Should I go for the .com domain or a domain with another tld?


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Hi,

I'm looking at new domain names, but someone already took the .com domain for the keyword that I would like to promote.

Now I could e.g. choose

supder-domain.com
superomain.net
superdomain.info

But what is best SEO wise?

Should I go for the .com domain or a domain with another tld?


Cheers
bq

All are the same seo wise.
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Hi,

I'm looking at new domain names, but someone already took the .com domain for the keyword that I would like to promote.

Now I could e.g. choose

supder-domain.com
superomain.net
superdomain.info

But what is best SEO wise?

Should I go for the .com domain or a domain with another tld?

Cheers
bq



Go for .com domain if ur target audience are not from a particular geographic location(s). Otherwise go for country specific TLD. Google treats all domains the same.So SEO wise no domain is best or worst.

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Get the .net. Even though its not proven and is actually doubted, I've had more trouble with .info domains than .net. org. .com or any other countries TLD. I seem to think google considers .info domains as spammy and it can make ranking them a bit more difficult. What other domains sell for $1.99?

A hyphen is never pretty to look at and sure sucks for word of mouth and or type in advertising/traffic.

I'd say go with a branded domain if the .com is gone in many cases, but since you're new or semi-new to SEO, having your KW in the domain gives you a little boost worth going after IMHO.
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Go for .com domain if ur target audience are not from a particular geographic location(s). Otherwise go for country specific TLD. Google treats all domains the same.So SEO wise no domain is best or worst.


Ok that sounds great. I had just heard that .info was not very good if you wanted to get top ranking on google

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Ok that sounds great. I had just heard that .info was not very good if you wanted to get top ranking on google


Matt Cutts has clearly said in one interview that "Google treats all domains the same". So obviously .info is no exception

However Problem with .info is that, it is hard to get back links for such type of domains as they are generally used for spamming purpose

.com domains are the best as people when confused with the TLD, always think of .com first. Even browsers like firefox and IE support .com domain. You type the name on the address bar like myspace and then press Ctrl+Enter. The name will automatically get converted into the adress with .com TLD.

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I have a mixture and I don't notice any better performance out of a .com, however if you use a country specific domain you might get relegated to country specific search results!

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all are good! if you really want .com go to supder-domain.com.
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those domain names are nice to have and good for SEO. also, it'll be more effective if you properly link build your website...of course, its another issue
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Every time I chose a domain name for myself, or for a client, I recommend they get the .com and the .co.uk on the sole basis that if you mention a company name in passing "my company" there may be a chance they goto the .com instead of the one they own (.co.uk) or vise versa.

I've seen it happen, and it draws the customer away from your product site straight away.

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For SEO purpose , all domains are same as you choosed but i will recommend , using a .com domain if you are not concentrating in regional markets and also without using hyphen. Although using a hyphen is not a bad thing if you are ranking better.

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Firstly if you are soley choosing a domian name to rank for one keyword you are really 'scrapping the barrel'.

Rant over

In my experiece i'll always try to go for .com, .co.uk, or .ie as it makes it easy to generate links and webmasters seem 'turned off' by .info.

Also as we know the 'magical' algorithim can chance over night so I try to cover all bases.

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As stated try and avoid hyphen!

If you have to try to tell someone your url it can be very tiresome!!

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stay away from the .info.

pick the hyphen or the .net, then if you do buy both redirect the one you don't pick to the one you did.

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