I have a new site coming online with a .net extension. Am I shooting myself in the foot? I've seen some comments in various posts that people suspect it hurts se rankings. Is this certain?
korkus2000
3:33 pm on Sep 24, 2002 (gmt 0)
No .net does not really have any effect on SE rankings. You may find people are use to .com and may have a type in problem, but I have had no problems with my .net names.
bnhall
3:37 pm on Sep 24, 2002 (gmt 0)
I noticed on Brett's comments at [searchengineworld.com ] (in the 9-9-1999 update) that he moved a domain to a .com partly due to negative .net results. Have times changed?
korkus2000
3:43 pm on Sep 24, 2002 (gmt 0)
Yes they have. Algorythms are based more on content these days.
xbase234
5:33 pm on Oct 7, 2002 (gmt 0)
The only downside is that a popular .net name is going to boost the value/popularity of the similar .com. It's good to have both if you can.
.Net will not adversely affect rankings by any means.
