SEO and Marketing

There is still a lot of talk all over the Internet about search engines, in particular Google giving priority to Gov and Edu sites. So does Google treat Edu/Gov sites any differently? No it does not. So why do some webmasters swear that they can achieve better result by acquiring backlinks from such domains? Edu and Gov domain websites tend to be established sites anyway. Also they usually get backlinks from other authority websites. Think of it this way. If there was a domain extension .pr10 especially for websites with page rank of 10, backlinks from such sites would help immensely. Not because of .pr10 domain name extension but because of the actual quality of the website with such extension. So i guess to sum this up… Yes, some Edu and Gov websites can indeed provide you with a strong backlink but it has nothing to do with the domain name extension. However you are better off spending your time finding backlinks from quality/related sites rather than concentrating on sites with a certain domain name extension.

Oh and here is a video of Matt Cutts saying… click (Minute 4 onwards)