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Do .org rankings differ?

[AlKikuras]

Hello All! I have learned a lot reading this form... thanks so much for all the info!

Generally, do .org sites rank any differently in google? I've noticed .com and .net and .us domains in a lot of top spots, but not many .org and there are some very choice .org domains available. Any advice on this?

Thanks!

[fathom]

no difference.

With respect to ranking many commercial sites use SEO companies to assist in ranking, .org's normally associated with not-for-profit do not.

This is also very dependent on what you search for - many .org's are on top of informative queries and less on product or service queries.

[Stefan]

Welcome to Webmasterworld, AlKikuras.

My one and only site is a .org and is #1 on Google, and close to #1 on Inktomi and Fast, with only 5 real backlinks, one of them DMOZ. The competition is only 3 other sites, and they're all friends or colleagues. I would think .org sites, by virtue of them being mainly non-commercial, might often have the same pattern depending on the subject. Good question though... I don't know how things would be with a .com or.net etc...

[eljefe3]

Dot orgs. are fine. In fact I've seen as of this last update that dot anythings ( .at .ar .ph etc.) work just as well as any other top level domains.

[zoobie]

I think .edu used to have top billing and people were running out to their local jr colleges for websapce...but now, they're all the same.

[AlKikuras]

Thanks so much, everyone! It's been VERY helpful and thanks for making me feel so welcome!