I am working on a site with a .global TLD. What are the SEO implications?

[Ronanmartin]

In particular, I have a PA and DA score of 1 across all pages on the site - is this the cause?

[benesmartin]

Hey there,

I don't think the .global TLD has any major implications in SEO directly. However, people who are not familiar with those new TLD types might get confused. This can cause higher bounce rate and consequently lower rankings. Also, the URLs will be longer compared to .com which might have some UX implications as well.

For more information, see this article where the issue is covered in more detail:

_https://www.hover.com/blog/do-new-top-level-domains-affect-seo/_

Hope it helps. Cheers, Martin

[Alick300]

Hi,

Google treat gTLDs ( like .one, .global, .tips) like other gTLDs (like .com & .org). Keywords in a TLD do not give any advantage or disadvantage in search.

Q: Will a .GLOBAL TLD be given any more or less weight than a .com?

A: No.   .GLOBAL TLDs (or any other new gTLDs) will be treated the same as a other gTLDs. They will require the same geotargeting settings and configuration, and they won’t have more weight or influence in the way we crawl, index, or rank URLs.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/ONE8KIc8fBQ

Hope this Helps!

Thanks

[jocameron]

Hi there!

Jo from the Moz Support Team here.

I would agree with both Martin and Alick on the broader implications.

In terms for DA and PA specifically I'm afraid we don't currently support gTLDs in our index, which would be why you're seeing PA and DA of 1.

Here are the TLDs currently supported.

Unfortunately, I don't know of a good workaround for this right now, but it is something we're working on.

I'll pass your query along to my team so they are aware.

Sorry I don't have better news on this one.

Jo