Are .edu & .gov Links More Valuable?
Ever since I became interested in search engine optimization, one of the basic things that I’ve learned is that links from .gov and .edu links are inherently more valuable than traditional links. That seems to make sense as its certainly more difficult to obtain these links than it is to obtain a link from a .com site.
I’ve been taught the same thing when it comes to .org sites. Accordingly, .org sites are perceived as being more worthwhile than traditional .com sites, although that never made as much sense to me since anybody can obtain a .org site.
In one of Matt Cutts’ recent videos, however, is he saying that .gov and .edu sites are not as valuable as we might have thought? I don’t think he is saying that actually. I think what he is saying is that usually .edu site links are more valuable, but not always. It all depends on the link page itself.
One of my friends actually has a link on an Ohio State web page. When I search for that keyword in his list of backlinks, however, it is surprisingly not anywhere in the first few pages based on importance by Google. I would have thought it would be one of the top 10.
So, watch the video for yourself and leave us a comment as to what you think. Is the glimmer off of .edu and .gov links?
