Will "non .com" Domains Affect QS?

[prince]

I wanted to get into a quite competitive niche and it's almost impossible to get a keyword rich .com domain now. I'm thinking of getting a .net instead.

So, will it hurt our Quality Score to use a .net or .org domain?

 

[stonelove]

prince are you sure about not being able to find a niche related keyword? use this method I learnt about at 45n5

1. go to google keywords and type in your keyword
2. resort by average search volume
3. export as csv into ms excel
4. go to godaddy.com
5. choose the bulk registration
6. copy and paste the keywords column from your excel spreadsheet
7. choose .com, .net and .info
8. See what you get

A key benefit i've experienced using this method is that I allow google, or actually the users who search for items in that niche name my site for me. Takes all the guesswork out and helps you narrow in on a really good url.

Hope this helps

 

[paulus]

There's no reason why it should. You get shitty sites on .com and sometimes good sites on .net/.org etc. You can't tell from the TLD.

 

[prince]

Hmm..I hope so. What about .info then? since people are abusing .info for arbitrage, MFAs, wouldn't google discount the weight of .info domains, thus affecting the QS?

 

[Dawmz]

Never seen a proof that google do care about the domain. You can even give them an IP address if ya want, what matters is the content.

 

[paulus]

No. By your logic, the fact that there are some good sites on .info domains would lead to some weird boost for .info domains.


People abuse any domain they can get their hands on, don't they.

 

[prince]

thanks stonelove, cool trick, never thought of that, I'll try again using the method

paulus, yea.. i see your point there, i guess maybe i can get several different domains and do some testings...

++rep