Google Says TLD Doesn't Matter , So Why Do TLD Links Perform Weird?

GSERP · Tuesday at 10:50 AM

Hey all,

I've tested .com and .org placements and found that I get better results when I qualify the referring page first and treat TLD as secondary.

mine comparison as with

.com with higher DR, but weak traffic with poor topical relevance.
.org with lower DR, but relevant topic, indexed page and real organic traffic.

Both linked to the same target URL with contextual placement, and the .org showed the stronger ranking movement. so that I wouldn't call this proof that .org beats .com. As my tactics be simply as to prioritize topical relevance first, then page indexation and organic visibility, followed by context and DR. so I treat TLD as the last filter.

Anyone thoughts and feel free to share yours?

HenryObi · Tuesday at 10:58 AM

GSERP said:
Hey all,

I've tested .com and .org placements and found that I get better results when I qualify the referring page first and treat TLD as secondary.

mine comparison as with

.com with higher DR, but weak traffic with poor topical relevance.
.org with lower DR, but relevant topic, indexed page and real organic traffic.

Both linked to the same target URL with contextual placement, and the .org showed the stronger ranking movement. so that I wouldn't call this proof that .org beats .com. As my tactics be simply as to prioritize topical relevance first, then page indexation and organic visibility, followed by context and DR. so I treat TLD as the last filter.

Anyone thoughts and feel free to share yours?

I've not done any similar test before, but I'm curious to know how you were able to isolate each link to be sure that the performance you got from the .org was truly as a result of difference in domain extension?

I do think if both links were .com, you would have still gotten the same result because the second link had everything going for it asides DR. Relevant organic traffic is important.

Topiano · Tuesday at 11:23 AM

There is an old popular saying: "Always do the opposite of what Google advises." I think, in this case, it seems to be the case for your situation

Steptoe · Tuesday at 1:44 PM

GSERP said:
.com with higher DR, but weak traffic with poor topical relevance.
.org with lower DR, but relevant topic, indexed page and real organic traffic.

Both linked to the same target URL with contextual placement, and the .org showed the stronger ranking movement. so that I wouldn't call this proof that .org beats .com. As my tactics be simply as to prioritize topical relevance first, then page indexation and organic visibility, followed by context and DR. so I treat TLD as the last filter.

Unfortunately this is a sample size of one, and so gives no information either way. Was the .com page indexed? You mentioned the .org page was but there is no mention in the former description.

1SEOWarrior · Tuesday at 3:30 PM

Topiano said:
Always do the opposite of what Google advises.

Yes. I don't believe them as well. They always say opposite to the trends.

They try to trick us sometimes.

Sarah Mathews · Wednesday at 7:44 AM

GSERP said:
Hey all,

I've tested .com and .org placements and found that I get better results when I qualify the referring page first and treat TLD as secondary.

mine comparison as with

.com with higher DR, but weak traffic with poor topical relevance.
.org with lower DR, but relevant topic, indexed page and real organic traffic.

Both linked to the same target URL with contextual placement, and the .org showed the stronger ranking movement. so that I wouldn't call this proof that .org beats .com. As my tactics be simply as to prioritize topical relevance first, then page indexation and organic visibility, followed by context and DR. so I treat TLD as the last filter.

Anyone thoughts and feel free to share yours?

Relying too much on the top level domains is a waste of time. @Topiano , sometimes real world results tell a different story

GSERP · Wednesday at 8:23 AM

HenryObi said:
I've not done any similar test before, but I'm curious to know how you were able to isolate each link to be sure that the performance you got from the .org was truly as a result of difference in domain extension?

I do think if both links were .com, you would have still gotten the same result because the second link had everything going for it asides DR. Relevant organic traffic is important.

fair point though, but i wouldn't call it proof that .org caused ranking movement here.stronger topical relvance, indexing and real organic traffic likely matters more so that's why i keed tld as second filter.

Topiano said:
There is an old popular saying: "Always do the opposite of what Google advises." I think, in this case, it seems to be the case for your situation

haha , i wouldn't go that far , sometimes follow of Google advicedoes work pretty well. My point here as tld wasn't the deciding factor.

Steptoe said:
Unfortunately this is a sample size of one, and so gives no information either way. Was the .com page indexed? You mentioned the .org page was but there is no mention in the former description.

yep, .com page also indexed too. its only one comparision though so i not claiming here .org beats .com . thus are my practical takeaway page relevance and organic visibility seems matter more than tld.

Larry Scott · Wednesday at 9:49 AM

You are entirely correct. The domain extension functions merely as a wrapper. Google prioritizes entity trust and topical relevance far more than a dot com suffix. A high DR site with negligible traffic is effectively a dead link, since the algorithm recognizes that virtually no one is reading it.

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