FP - Dot com v dot Info

[stu]

I am now positive google favor .com's and chip .info extensions

I have a heap of .info sites one in particular is 3 months old with a PR1, 13 indexed pages and 2 backlinks with ALL 100% original content and, it has never progressed further then page 5.

Then .................. comes along the .com of the exact match domain (today) and gets 4th down on page 1 first day!, no PR, no back links, no content, had a look around and the domain was first reg in 2009 looked on wayback and it has never had a site built on it's ever.

Then there is the .com.au extension of the exact match, it sits on page 1 # 1 and never moves and this site has ZERO content absolutely nothing.

I have done all my keyword research properly as I always do, lookin at the .com none, surely this thing wont last long on page 1, it's not as if it there is a heap of competition its just the principle of the thing not to mention disheartening.

So any idea as to how this "non site" pulled page 1 on day 1? I have a fair idea the answer will be "it wont stay there long" but then my next question would be hth does that .com.au site stay put with no content?

[mrstealth]

Welcome to the world of "google". I am not sure what they have against .info domains, but they are very difficult to rank - why do you think you can buy them for 1 or 2 dollars ? Also, and emd .com is not the magical bullet it once was either.

[succor]

Google claims they don't discriminate against any TDL's; that rankings are all based on content.

From the Webmaster FAQ page at http://support.google.com/webmasters...axgbp&cbrank=3 which says the following:

.com, .org, .gov, .ponies—does my top-level domain impact my site's performance in search?

Google's goal is to return the best and most relevant results to the user, regardless of the top-level domain. If our system determines that the best result is a page on a new gTLD, we'll return that page in search results.

Now, whether you believe Google or not....

Here is a related discussion thread: http://flippingplanet.com/forum/thre...he-.co-domains

[snap3]

stu, I've had the very same experience with .info's and .com's as you so I avoid buying .info's unless it's for a temporary throwaway or test projects.

In relation to the .com.au, I've seen many brand new sites appear on Page 1 for a day or so and then vanish when the search engines properly analyse it and assign it a ranking. Would be interesting to hear an update as to where it is now some months later?