Do .nets rank well?
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Oukast
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This. Country TLD's are preferable if aiming for a specific country, but anything after that comes down to individual site visitor's preference. And that's something we cannot affect.
Daniel0cean
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any TLD ranks if you know how to do it. I'm ranking with .info and .ws over hundreds of .com's nad stuff
Endire
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Pxoxrxn,
Tactics for ranking any TLD are not really going to be different nor will you have more success with one over the other in the eyes of search engines. If content is relevant to a user's query and the page is in an engine's index, it will show it to them with its .com, .org, .net or dot whatever. The real difference comes from the users point of view of what that site is all about. As mentioned by previous members, users have different feelings about the TLD's they see (whether they know it or not). I would argue that most people don't even realize there are TLD's beyond .com and .org. .Net is one of the more commonly used TLD's so I think you will be alright using it. In terms of software ranking your site based on what it sees of content and architecture, it will make no difference.
This thread on SEOMoz speaks more to this subject,
http://www.seomoz.org/q/do-domain-extensions-such-as-com-or-net-affect-seo-value
This study done by SEOMoz back in 2010 however would seem to contradict what I have just said. They analyzed over 11,000 search results and the data related to TLD's shows that .com EMD's seemed to rank higher in SERP's more frequently than other TLD's.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-vs-bing-correlation-analysis-of-ranking-elements
I hope this hasn't confused you further. I think the overall thought here is that if you can get the .com domain that is great but if the .net is the only one available, you can probably still outrank the .com with some effort, especially if the .com is not doing anything to get ahead in SERP's.
Shawn
Tactics for ranking any TLD are not really going to be different nor will you have more success with one over the other in the eyes of search engines. If content is relevant to a user's query and the page is in an engine's index, it will show it to them with its .com, .org, .net or dot whatever. The real difference comes from the users point of view of what that site is all about. As mentioned by previous members, users have different feelings about the TLD's they see (whether they know it or not). I would argue that most people don't even realize there are TLD's beyond .com and .org. .Net is one of the more commonly used TLD's so I think you will be alright using it. In terms of software ranking your site based on what it sees of content and architecture, it will make no difference.
This thread on SEOMoz speaks more to this subject,
http://www.seomoz.org/q/do-domain-extensions-such-as-com-or-net-affect-seo-value
This study done by SEOMoz back in 2010 however would seem to contradict what I have just said. They analyzed over 11,000 search results and the data related to TLD's shows that .com EMD's seemed to rank higher in SERP's more frequently than other TLD's.
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-vs-bing-correlation-analysis-of-ranking-elements
I hope this hasn't confused you further. I think the overall thought here is that if you can get the .com domain that is great but if the .net is the only one available, you can probably still outrank the .com with some effort, especially if the .com is not doing anything to get ahead in SERP's.
Shawn