OK, figuring this out

[LeeRyder]

this may seem a bit stupid.. But please, remember that I am asking this with the presumption that my entire outlook on this is wrong.. and hence, I am asking your advice.

When I purchase a domain name for resale, I am looking at it in what I gather is the incorrect fashion...

I do not expect people to randomly type in my url to their browser to find what they need. I expect them to go to google, type in "keyword" and follow one of the top links provided.

soo, when I reg a domain name thats a .us, .name or whatnot.. how does the extension affect my url negatively in the example I just gave you? Arent all extentions equal to google's spiders/servers so long as they fit the requested search? Wont a .name extension have the same chance of appearing near the top as a .com if, as an example... both sites were identical and even reg'd on the same day?

Thank you for your time

 

[identity_00]

.com's always wields more money.

Yes, all the domains ext have the same potential ability to appear near the top. It doesnt matter if its a .com or a .name.
Customers are more prone to type the .com, however.
very few check the .net even less check the .org even more less the .ws.. and the list goes on and on..

Your right with your presumption except that buying a good keyword domain (which is what most domain buyers/sellers want) by itself isn't going to get you any good or remotely serious search engine keyword rankings. You'll need to rely on forums and other selling resources sedo, afternic, ebay and many others.
People want these keyword rich domains for typin and future development. It just makes things easier.

As far as a marketing aspect (SEO) keyword rich domains (beside typins - which are really nice) really have little effect on ranking.
but do a very little bit compared to a none related or made up domain.

 

[kaliboy2g]

Of course it doesnt matter. But if you are selling a domain with already PR, and back links, it wont matter what extention. But if its brand new and people have to do the dirty SEO work, they want a dot com

 

[LeeRyder]

ok gotcha..makes sense.

So then, if I built up say, my 90,000,000 google hit features.name lets say... to the point that someone types in features/feature on google for cars or what not.. it would effectively be the value of the .com (which oddly enough is not built at all) if i can get it at or near the same google search ranks?

if thats what your saying then thanks for your feedback. if not, mind elaborating a bit more for me?

 

[kaliboy2g]

What i am saying, is if you are just selling a domain, with no PR, backlinks, or SE traffic. The only traffic it is capable of getting is type in traffic. And if as a seller want to buy a domain that is still only capable of type in traffic then i want the dot com.

But if you are selling a domain with high PR, backlinks, and search engine results, then the extention doesnt matter.

Still complicated?

 

[LeeRyder]

no..got it now. Thank you.

So.. (last Q I promise bro.)... is it easier to build the PR, links..etc.. with a high google search name? (say for the domain name updates.name)?

 

[kaliboy2g]

The domain doesnt matter.
I have been busy building PR for my site.
Just trade links with sites that are similar to your site.
If you run jokes.com trade links with joke related site. thats how you build PR which then builds traffic.

So then if were looking to buy a domain. I would take the .NAME extention if it had a PR ranking and had backlinks

 

[xalex]

Link trading doesn't give you that much PR anymore. What you want is one way link to your domain name.