TLD as a SEO Tool

PushKing · Jul 26, 2021

There are many TLD's that would look nice with my domain name. I already have .com I do not mind spending $100 on getting dozen more domains in .xyz, .net, org, design, club, wiki, etc - but is there a way to use all those domains to somehow benefit my SEO?

tazarbm · Jul 26, 2021

you could redirect them all to the .com version to avoid other people buying the other extensions to try and sell them to you overpriced. But I don't think getting all of the extensions on the market and redirect them to your .com version carries any SEO value to be honest.

Ok, maybe .wiki would work if it made sense to have a wiki website for your business, but otherwise I wouldn't bother with the other extensions

PushKing · Jul 26, 2021

tazarbm said:
you could redirect them all to the .com version to avoid other people buying the other extensions to try and sell them to you overpriced. But I don't think getting all of the extensions on the market and redirect them to your .com version carries any SEO value to be honest.

Ok, maybe .wiki would work if it made sense to have a wiki website for your business, but otherwise I wouldn't bother with the other extensions

I would just bother with a few that I like, not all of them obviously.
Was thinking if there is anything to make it work with SEO, but if not, its not something I would sweat about.

tazarbm · Jul 26, 2021

PushKing said:
I would just bother with a few that I like, not all of them obviously.
Was thinking if there is anything to make it work with SEO, but if not, its not something I would sweat about.

don't know, man, I'm no expert so I don't know what to tell you. I only said what I would do, but whether or not I would shoot myself in the foot or actually pull a genius move by doing this I have yet to find out

hideath · Jul 27, 2021

It's just a waste of money/time/management,
buying these domains won't get you any extra SEO benefits,
they just can be used just like any other domains

chipsie1102 · Jul 27, 2021

Granted it's from 2015 - but Google already answered whether TLDs affect SEO here: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2015/07/googles-handling-of-new-top-level

Basically, in terms of Google Search, all TLDs are treated the same. If you use a country code TLD like co.uk, then Google will use that to automatically set your Search Console's geotargeting. That's pretty much it.

TomTheCat · Jul 27, 2021

If you want to build a brand, go for ccTLDs.

SirLouen · Jul 27, 2021

PushKing said:
There are many TLD's that would look nice with my domain name. I already have .com I do not mind spending $100 on getting dozen more domains in .xyz, .net, org, design, club, wiki, etc - but is there a way to use all those domains to somehow benefit my SEO?

Nope. They won't benefit at all. In fact they could penalize if you configure them wrongly.

ePrime · Jul 27, 2021

If you have the COM, you don't need anything else. Maybe the country code, if your website targets a specific country, but nothing else.

PushKing · Jul 27, 2021

hideath said:
It's just a waste of money/time/management,
buying these domains won't get you any extra SEO benefits,
they just can be used just like any other domains

It's not, I am not buying it solely for SEO purpose, I like those domains and getting them anyway, just thinking if there's a way to make it benefit SEO, but if not, it doesn't change the fact that I'm buying them.

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