.info Does .info domain good??

[hanarain]

.info and .com which is better???
I just want to set up a site about card info , does google like .com more than .info??

 

[bmugford]

There is nothing wrong with .info, but .COM is much better without a doubt.

 

[hanarain]

I find .info is cheaper than .com.....

 

[barefoottech]

I find .info is cheaper than .com.....

So does everyone else
$2.99usd or less for .info
$6.99usd or more for .com



Given the exact same name
.com is better than .info
BUT info is also very good to use ,especially if the .com is not available for
the name / keywords you are looking for.

 

[Krossat]

cheaper seldom means better.
.com is more prevalent and widely used. .info is faily new in comparison and is absolutely no competetion to the .com.
I would suggest sticking to .com for any development ideas.

 

[htmlindex]

.info and .com which is better???
I just want to set up a site about card info , does google like .com more than .info??

As they say, .com is king & always will be. The .info extention is good as well but not worth anything near the .com

As far as SEO, the extention doesn't matter

 

[snoop]

.info is seen as junky extension for a site, best avoided in my view.

 

[soggyindo]

As far as SEO, the extention doesn't matter

this didn't use to be the case with google - do you know if this has changed?

 

[barefoottech]

.info is seen as junky extension for a site, best avoided in my view.

4 years a member and you still think that?

 

[akcampbell]

Extension doesn't matter for SEO. I've read several SEO books that state that categorically. If you do a search SEO does extension matter? on Google everything you find will back that up.

If .com and .info were boxers, .com would be a heavyweight and .info would be a lightweight. If they go head to head. info is always going to lose comprehensively.

However, .info has 3 advantages over .com;

1) It's cheaper to reg.
2) You can buy generic dictionary keywords that would be out of reach in other extensions.
3) For information provision, .info has better goodness of fit than .com,

For example, you have developed apply-best-credit-card.com with a template. That's fine for getting SEO traffic and clicks but people aren't going to remember that or be able to type it in so you are not going to be able to develop a brand or get repeat visits.

I want to develop a similar site to yours but hand coded and database driven. I bought Rates.info rather than a longer 2 or 3 word .com because I think it's more brandable, easier to remember, and quicker to type.

 

[Pred]

As they say, .com is king & always will be. The .info extention is good as well but not worth anything near the .com

As far as SEO, the extention doesn't matter

i agree
.com would be first choice or your cctld for many. but not all

however .info sells and can do well developed.
one look at sedo homepage today shows that, although doesn't happen often... and is exception rather than rule

toner.info 2904 euros. outselling all the coms listed with it :sold:

.info is seen as junky extension for a site

disagree. can be the perfect extension for many genres, particularly travel. also you stand a much better chance of getting a short generic for handreg or cheaper on aftermarket. i agree a startup would want a com or cctld nornmally first or even a .mobi imho, but sweeping statements just make you look uninformed

So does everyone else
$2.99usd or less for .info
$6.99usd or more for .com

the cost is irrelevant imo, for sake of a few dollars

my .info's cost $4.50 approx at moniker, then when i renew, cost exactly the same as a .com

also this 'spam' crap we all hear, well 90% of spam i get is .com, usually something like fdsgsgsgsqqqqqrr.com or cloaked emails pretending to be ebay.com

the other is .de

seems like spammers are using them as give a false sense of security.

 

[Immo]

.info is seen as junky extension for a site, best avoided in my view.

http://www.google.com/search?complete=1&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=site:.info&btnG=Search&aq=-1&oq=

 

[soggyindo]

Extension doesn't matter for SEO. I've read several SEO books that state that categorically. If you do a search SEO does extension matter? on Google everything you find will back that up.

the first thing i searched for came up with this, but i've seen much worse - mostly on namepros threads. one of the most current is google on .info

the line goes that .info (and .biz) is ranked behind .com .org & .net (all equal, with the local ccTLD).

we know extensions like .tv .me .cc etc rank worse supposedly because of location relevance, and .info and .biz are often said to have a quality warning on it for google.

which is a catch 22, because developers can be less willing to develop a .info for that reason.

i've bought and developed tons of .infos - and still will. it would be search suicide for google to go on using clumsy algorithms judging relevance by less and less relevant ccTLDs. but i don't think we're quite in that unbiased territory yet?

good discussion by the way

 

[hanarain]

Extension doesn't matter for SEO. I've read several SEO books that state that categorically. If you do a search SEO does extension matter? on Google everything you find will back that up.

If .com and .info were boxers, .com would be a heavyweight and .info would be a lightweight. If they go head to head. info is always going to lose comprehensively.

However, .info has 3 advantages over .com;

1) It's cheaper to reg.
2) You can buy generic dictionary keywords that would be out of reach in other extensions.
3) For information provision, .info has better goodness of fit than .com,

For example, you have developed apply-best-credit-card.com with a template. That's fine for getting SEO traffic and clicks but people aren't going to remember that or be able to type it in so you are not going to be able to develop a brand or get repeat visits.

I want to develop a similar site to yours but hand coded and database driven. I bought Rates.info rather than a longer 2 or 3 word .com because I think it's more brandable, easier to remember, and quicker to type.

I like your words!! I will set my info site with .info! Thank you!

 

[h2o]

i dont think google and other search engines look at tdl. if they do it is very little