International domains - is .com still king?

[mpbiz]

I have some domain names I want to buy for keywords, but 90% of the keyword search volume is coming from other countries like malaysia, morroco, indonesia etc.

Will a .com in this scenario still be more valuable than a .whatever for those countries?

 

[AustinP]

.com will always rule mothafaka

 

[crorkservice]

.com will always rule mothafaka

agree! .com is the best for all countries

 

[starklenx]

whatever for those countries.

If you want a longterm investment to stick.

I usually search their countries and see what already ranks. If its all gTLD's i go with the .whatever you said . if i see .com i might hit the .com

 

[yzzseo]

.com is king haha

 

[Kysersoze]

Since the beginning .com is #1. Every time a new extension comes out (xxx) people go nuts buying it but at the end .com is still the best game in town.

 

[StarkReality]

.com or the country specific domain(s) of the country/ies you are targeting are first choice, but .net or even .org are fine, too, just stay away from crap like .co, .ws, .info, .biz and so on.