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Old March 18th, 2002, 08:10 PM
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Hey, lets say you have a web site that's great, and better than tons of those .com's (the website you have isn't a .com). Would the search engine rank them higher than you because of the fact that they have a .com and you don't, or will thank rank it more or less on content. It's just with my college class I got web space with tons of room, plus all the extras for free. So I hesitate in buying a .com if I can use this and still get the same placement I would.
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Old March 18th, 2002, 08:41 PM
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>>Would the search engine rank them higher than you because of the fact that they have a .com and you don't
Not by the rules they won't. Check out internet.com's www.searchenginewatch.com , they have quite a number of papers about the whole search process.
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Ahhhh, finally a post in my field.


.com's really don't hold any more relevance than a .net as a domain extension, you won't be penalized so it's ok to go with a .net. Besides, all the good domains are taken.

Bonus:
a link from a .edu has been known to boost rankings on Google.

Just a little SEO for you.

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The ending of your domain doesn't boost you, as was said earlier. Yes, it is correct about the .edu boost. If a site links to you from:
.gov
.ac.uk
.edu
.gov.uk
etc.. in other words any official governmental/educational establishment, then you'll have your rank boosted. If you link to them then it also boosts your position.
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well I meant something like this:

http://jupiter.cs.dixie.edu/~dpetersen/

Would it penalize me cause it's a sub-domain?

about your bonus... since the frist of it ends with a .edu would it give me higher than lol.
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