Some Questions Regarding Domains.

Huskerdu said:

1. I've seen a lot of torrent sites use this TLD. I've always assumed because the .to = torrents.

2. Whois protection. I doubt the TLD has whois protection on by default.

3. I'm not sure that it has any advantages?

4. Not at all. I think regular people still tend to trust sites with a .com more than other TLDs, and it's generally best to use it if available; but it's definitely not necessary.

5. For what I've read, the TLD doesn't really influence SEO that much anymore (if at all).

Personally, I always make the effort to get the .com. It's always difficult, most good .com domains are either taken or "premium".

You can get creative and still generate some good ones though. I wouldn't worry too much about it, like I said (according to what I've read), TLDs don't really influence SEO much anymore.

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wilburlims said:

SEO encompasses many things including high quality content, organically placed keywords, link building, the speed of the website, and a host of other things. The only problem, Google has never publicly listed all of the factors it considers when ranking pages in its results.

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