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SEO Domain name question

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Hello folks,

I was wondering if the domain extension matters for SEO. For example will mydomainname.nl rank higher then mydomainname.com in google.nl (meaning, localised search)? Or doesn't it matter.

Thanks a bunch for the reply (if one..)
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Re: SEO Domain name question

It would depend on what you are targeting

Dutch relevant site would be better with .nl
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Re: SEO Domain name question

I think it depends on your target audience. If your website is written in Dutch and only targets people who live in The Netherlands, then by all means, you'll get better overall results with the .nl extension.
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Re: SEO Domain name question

I agree with above, so long as you are NOT using both domains and pointing the the same site.
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I think it would be fine to have the exact same website but an .nl version written in Dutch and a .com version written in English.

It doesn't count as duplicate content if they're in different languages. The duplicate content penalty only applies to a direct copy/paste of a large portion of text.
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Re: SEO Domain name question

The domain extension doesn't have nearly the amount of power has people have believed, in my opinion. If you have money.eu or money.in or money.biz, you're still going to rank high if you have the backlinks to support it.

A larger issue with selecting your target audience is to think of where you want to host the website. Hosting geo-location plays a huge, huge part in search results.

A website hosted in the UK will always rank better in the UK than in the US.
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I think domain name is not that importance to me. Its all about what you can do and what you have other than what you got.

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A website hosted in the UK will always rank better in the UK than in the US.
I didn;t know this fact. Can you explain why is this.
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I think domain name is not that importance to me. Its all about what you can do and what you have other than what you got.


I didn;t know this fact. Can you explain why is this.
well think about it. If a website is hosted in the UK, isn't it more than likely going to a website geared towards UK residents?

likewise it's the same for the US or any other country.

geo-targeting plays a huge role into search and how search results are display.

But overall, this is a great article that wraps up SEO in a nutshell.

http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
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Re: SEO Domain name question

I think the extension matters little if at all. I've experimented over the past 7 years with using domain names ending in .com, .biz, .net, and .org, and certainly my experience is that there is no obvious impact one way or the other from the extension. In terms of country-related extensions, I think that if the language of your site is French for example, then you will come up for french search terms, regardless of the extension. I don't think the extension is impactful personally.
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Re: SEO Domain name question

eric,

you are right, extension does not matter, if at all, but location does. hosting location is a huge part of it.
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