Hi.

What's it worth?

Which brings me to my main question:

How feasible would it be to SEO for a keyphrase .net.au domain with equivalent Australian Local Search Volume for they keywords 'real estate' for the month of August? Assuming that at present, no other search result for the term on Google has these keywords in their domain?

Edit: Just to clarify, the only thing my keyphrase domain has in common with 'real estate' is the exact LSV (800,000+) for the month of August. It is not specifically in the Real Estate Industry ie not property related, as it is pretty generic.

I am not sure if I understood you correctly: I would be very surprised if Google discriminate .net.au.

But I suppose in general, .net.au sites have less creditability comparing to a .com.au site among the average users (unless it's a well-known sites liike ABC.net.au), therefore lower click through rate. But SEO wise, I don't think it matters.

Agreed - from what I've read, Google doesn't discriminate against .net.au's, but it does make your site harder to 'brand' in the offline world.

Anyway.. value? It's a top 10 .net.au, I'd put value in the low to mid $XX,XXX range. The thing is though, it's such a competitive industry. It'd take a huge amount of time and money to compete with RealEstate.com.au and Domain.com.au.

Google has never treated .net.au or .com.au the same. If you actually had tested, done SEO, or even had a clue what you were talking about you wouldn't make these statements.

dotworx, you don't know the answer to this at all - be honest + cycloptik, where did you read they were treated the same?

Sorry to come down on you guys, but this is why people think SEO is bullshit. Because people that never even tried it are telling other people what to do.

Rhythm you'll find the .net.au a LOT harder to rank, especially if it's a uber competitive term.

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I dunno. I admit, I've never tried to develop a .net.au, but I'm still not convinced.

Do a Google Search for 'SEO Australia', a very competitive keyword. First result is a .net.au.

EDIT: It also ranks on the first page for 'SEO Melbourne'

cycloptik, I have done seo for 13 years. I'm sure your suspicions and left field examples are incorrect.

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But hey, I dunno and don't assume. To be honest this is the exact reason people don't share knowledge - you can't. People are too ignorant.

Power to you all.

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I don't know but I am free to share my thoughts.

I am surprised by what you said and I would like to see more evidence supporting it.

Ben, take it easy.

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Jeph

Ben - I feel like im listening to a repeat of your interview on OzDomainer haha.

I would say that .net.au are treated differently than .com.au. If you want to find out, do a test. Register a .com.au and .net.au of the exact same keywords, then put a link from a couple of sites on each, with the exact same format. See which one ranks higher than the other, and you have your answer.

I agree with cycloptik - I don't believe Google discriminates against net.au's.

However, if you do break it down, CTR is a factor that comes into play. And net.au results are a little less likely to be clicked on than com.au results. So, as a secondary effect actual ranking might suffer.

Ben - do you have evidence to the contrary? If so I'm keen to hear it?

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