Comments on: Why .com domain name extensions are better? http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/why-com-domain-name-extensions-are-better/ Technology, Blogging, New Media and Web 2.0 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Vistawallpaper.com http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/why-com-domain-name-extensions-are-better/#comment-489 Vistawallpaper.com Mon, 08 Aug 2005 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/09/why-com-domain-name-extensions-are-better/#comment-489 I think it's fair to note that Google has higher PR weightage on .EDU and .ORG than .COM - may be a point of consideration when choosing a domain name. I think it’s fair to note that Google has higher PR weightage on .EDU and .ORG than .COM - may be a point of consideration when choosing a domain name.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/why-com-domain-name-extensions-are-better/#comment-488 Anonymous Wed, 04 May 2005 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/09/why-com-domain-name-extensions-are-better/#comment-488 The Firefox example is not entirely correct. It is true that after typing <I>yahoo</I>, you are taken to <I>yahoo.com</I>. However, if you type <I>sourceforge</I>, you are forwarded to <I>sourceforge.net</I> instead of <I>sourceforge.com</I>. Why? Because Firefox doesn't just add a .com to your keyword but instead looks up your keyword with Google and sends you to the search result with the highest significance. Therefore, when relying on the keyword feature in Firefox, a good pagerank with Google is more effective than a .com domain... The Firefox example is not entirely correct. It is true that after typing yahoo, you are taken to yahoo.com. However, if you type sourceforge, you are forwarded to sourceforge.net instead of sourceforge.com. Why? Because Firefox doesn’t just add a .com to your keyword but instead looks up your keyword with Google and sends you to the search result with the highest significance. Therefore, when relying on the keyword feature in Firefox, a good pagerank with Google is more effective than a .com domain…

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