The New gTLDs and SEO

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Roland LaPlante wrote a piece on Circle ID about new gtlds and SEO. Roland works at Afilias and it is safe to say he is an advocate of the new gtlds with Afilias having a vested interest. There are readers who are trying their hand at developing a new gtld or two so this article may be helpful for those who have questions and concerns with regards to SEO.

1. Will Google crawl new gTLDs?

The answer is simple: YES. Rumors were going around a while ago that a new site (on a new domain) may not get ranked as well as a site that has been registered on a domain, say, for three or more years. Google’s staff explained clearly in this video that Google will crawl new sites and determine the search ranking based on the relevance of the site content, not the age of the domain the site is on.

Full Article: http://www.thedomains.com/2015/01/13/the-new-gtlds-and-seo/
Original Source: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20150112_new_gtlds_show_promising_seo_performance/