Why did .edu and .gov enjoy higher page rank?

[Euk_jason]

why do .edu and .gov domains have higher page rank? even tough very less or near to nil SEO work is done on these sites

[careertargetph]

Maybe they get more traffic.

[bluemanunder]

Originally Posted by Euk_jason

why do .edu and .gov domains have higher page rank? even tough very less or near to nil SEO work is done on these sites

because they are sTLD( sponsored top level domain ) this one is also called a special top level domain. STLD's are proposed by private agencies or organizations. in this case these are enforced by rules and restrictions.

[guyue]

Originally Posted by bluemanunder

because they are sTLD( sponsored top level domain ) this one is also called a special top level domain. STLD's are proposed by private agencies or organizations. in this case these are enforced by rules and restrictions.

yes, some people have told me before, and one method of seo Promotion is link to this kinds of website, because they have a high pr, if there is backlink from them ,that is very useful for your website.

[MayaLocke]

They tend to be trusted, not just anyone can register a .edu or .gov.

[sniperhiga]

They don't need SEO, too many websites, news, social networks, other .edu and .gov sites link them anyway.
For example, every college has links from thousands students portals. Students link their school from their blogs and social profiles, other colleges and government organisations link them, people link them from their personal pages and bios (My name is Bill, I graduated from...). Also, don't forget that they are getting even more links from news sites after every event or occasion.
For example, Bunker Hill Community College in Boston got over 20 000 backlinks from extremely popular and powerfull sites.

[Mosaic]

Originally Posted by sniperhiga

They don't need SEO, too many websites, news, social networks, other .edu and .gov sites link them anyway.
For example, every college has links from thousands students portals. Students link their school from their blogs and social profiles, other colleges and government organisations link them, people link them from their personal pages and bios (My name is Bill, I graduated from...). Also, don't forget that they are getting even more links from news sites after every event or occasion.
For example, Bunker Hill Community College in Boston got over 20 000 backlinks from extremely popular and powerfull sites.

They tend to be trusted, not just anyone can register a .edu or .gov.

Hi,

I think they are correct. Every .gov or .edu site already have so many links that the other SEO techniques are not needed essentially. Secondly SE's trust them, these sites deals on national and international level and anyone who is not authorized cannot register in these sites or do anything else.

[sniperhiga]

Originally Posted by Mosaic

Secondly SE's trust them, these sites deals on national and international level and anyone who is not authorized cannot register in these sites or do anything else.

Not always, some bad students use their access to .edu sites to sell links. Google and some webmasters fight with it but it is not always successful.

[~kev~]

Think about the .edu sites. Most of them are colleges, high schools, junior highs,,,. You have untold million of people linking to their schools on sites like myspace, facebook, their personal blogs, and all of the other social networking sites they belong to.

Some of the larger high schools (in the bigger cities) might have tens of thousands of students linking to them from myspace alone.

[Baron Ned]

Indeed, they get much links without much efforts. There is an Australian website with PR10 (!!!) which have links at all Australian college and similar web sites. This is reason why they have pr10.

In same time, It looks to me like Google loves sites about science, education etc. and they are gaining high PR on easier way. Just my personal filling.

[sniperhiga]

Originally Posted by Baron Ned

In same time, It looks to me like Google loves sites about science, education etc. and they are gaining high PR on easier way. Just my personal filling.

Correct, they used to give PR10 to all good schools and universities (Harvard, MIT, Stanford). Now it is little lower.

[JennyRipley]

Originally Posted by ~kev~

Think about the .edu sites. Most of them are colleges, high schools, junior highs,,,. You have untold million of people linking to their schools on sites like myspace, facebook, their personal blogs, and all of the other social networking sites they belong to.

Some of the larger high schools (in the bigger cities) might have tens of thousands of students linking to them from myspace alone.

You are right,I think thousands of people link to .edu and .gov website. .edu and .gov will get many backlinks,so they will have a high PR.

[regmac]

Originally Posted by Euk_jason

why do .edu and .gov domains have higher page rank? even tough very less or near to nil SEO work is done on these sites

They represent educational institutions and governments. Having said that, sites having this domain extension are treated special and appears more prominent than other extensions.

[marina]

They tend to be trusted, not just anyone can register a .edu or .gov.

Yes, .edu or .gov domain itself repersent some kind of authority.

[Rebound]

The answer is simple, that is Google love them, trust them. But, they are indeed unlikely to do any spam thing to ruin their reputation.

[larryatv7]

I think they are considered as trusted sites. I have no problem for those sites getting higher page rank since they are not my competitiors.

[copcop1973]

useful information thanks.

[lakelady]

The links form those .edu and .gov sites have great value and anthority in Google's eyes, it can help u to boost your site's anthoirity in Google's eyes a lot!