Can I Buy a Domain That Does Not End With .com?

I've heard both sides of this debate from various marketers over the years, but primarily the answer most will give to that question is yes, it does matter. That for some reason, Google gives more "appreciation" to a .com or even a .org domain than to a .info (or even .net) domain.

The people that have told me this say that it is undeniable when you enter something into the search engines, the top sites are quite often going to be .com or .org.

Yes, this is generally accurate, however I have another idea that you could consider when choosing which extension you are going to buy.

There are thousands, hundreds of thousands more .com and .org websites on the Internet than there are .info. This statement alone could explain why the search results usually have .com and .org domain names in their page one listings. I am not saying that it is not possible that the search engines like .com or .org, I am simply bringing up a point. That is that .com and .org domains should be in the top of the search results most of the time, there are 10's, even 100's of thousands more websites with a .com or .org domain extension.

I have way more .com websites. I like those because when people enter websites into their address bar they tend to enter .com. So, by just having a .com you will ensure they go to your website. If the website you wanted in a .com has a .info available and you buy it, then as the person goes to type it into their address bar, chances are that unless they were really attentive, they will be typing in .com. Therefore, instead of arriving at your website, they would go to someone else's.

I want to point out that I do have a few .info extensions however and as far as a SEO stand point I have discovered that they rank in the search engines equally as well as a .com website. So, for search engine optimization reasons it doesn't seem to matter which extension you choose. The search engine optimization side relies more on your keyword phrases and links than to the domain extension you buy.

Therefore, when purchasing your domain it comes down to what you prefer. Does it matter to you whether they unintentionally type in .com instead of .info (or even .net)? How you answer this question will help you chose which domain name extension you purchase.

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