Do .info websites still work for ranking in google?

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Anderson108

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Oct 25, 2012

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• Mar 20, 2013

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.info used to be a perfectly good extension for building a blog to rank high in google, is that still the case?

Thanks.

 

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stubo1903

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May 22, 2011

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• Mar 20, 2013

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According to Google the extension shouldn't make any difference, so it should be fine. I've heard a few people say they've struggled to rank .info sites, but in my (admittedly limited) testing they've ranked fairly well

 

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justinslatter

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• Mar 22, 2013

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Google would never publicly discriminate between T L Ds and nobody could decisively tell you if it is bad/okay. My theory is simple - if a lot of people think it's better to go for the . com and the . net etc., then it's better to follow them and not risk my time and effort.

 

mudbutt

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Jun 23, 2010

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• Mar 22, 2013

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yes it still works. i use them 90% of the time for clients and they work just fine.

 

fc-dh

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Oct 20, 2012

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• Mar 22, 2013

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justinslatter said:

Google would never publicly discriminate between T L Ds and nobody could decisively tell you if it is bad/okay. My theory is simple - if a lot of people think it's better to go for the . com and the . net etc., then it's better to follow them and not risk my time and effort.

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LOL @ the sheep mentality.

.info will do just as fine as any other TLD, i have lots and lots of dutch local keywords in .info domains who are doing great.

Test it yourself with two domains (.info/.com) and a two similar keyword in competition, and see which one will rank faster, i will tell you that if you do this test 10x you will get a 50/50 answer.