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Google/Other SE's and Domain Names
Some thoughts:
In order for other top-level domain names to become more valuable and start being utilized I think it will be important and critical for search engines to start adding some sort of metric in their algorithms to rank sites higher based on their top-level domain extension. For example:
1) domains with a .tv extension would get a bonus in rankings for search terms related to TV, entertainment, celebrities, etc....
2) domains with a .biz extension would get a bonus in rankings for search terms related to business stuff
3) domains with a .mobi extension would get a bonus in rankings for search terms related to mobile devices...
Currently, it seems like that .com is the favored domain by the world and by the search engines when ranking sites. If search engines would rank sites the way I have explained it, I feel that other top level domains would beginning to start to be utilized more. It would also make the searches more relevant because the correct type of businesses would be building their sites on the correct domain extensions, instead of just the more popular .com and .net extensions...
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