Is Google still differentiating TLD?
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I need to find an article or something with factual findings that shows Google no longer gives extra value to .com, .net, .us, edu. etc. or proving that is still does.
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I have the transcription of this video here on my blog as we have Youtube blocked in our country! http://www.setalks.com/videos/yJqZIH_0Ars
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You might find this from Matt Cutts of interest.
-Andy
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Ok, I do not really have a post or Google word on this but from the experience here is what I can say!
- General URLs like .com, .net and others, Google give no priority to any over other and there are other signals that affect the rankings
- TLDs like .info .cc and more yes Google give a little low priority to them as most of them are not used for information providing or in other words they are mostly used by spammers.
- ccTLDs, obviously Google give more priority to ccTLDs in specific countries for instance .co.uk will get more weight in UK then in the US market and this make complete sense to me.
Sorry as I didn’t find what you require online but this is what I am saying based on my experience.
Hope this helps!
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