The .edu top level domain* is a favorite of search engine optimizers, as it"s considered more valuable -- due to the trustworthiness and authority of educational sites -- than other domains. Not so with Google ad-filled America.edu, it seems: that site displays lots of university links in directory-style, along with what looks like screenscraped content. FridayNite, the German SEO who sent this in, says he wished to have a domain like that too. "The last time I tried to get a hold of poker.edu, I was rejected," he adds.
But considering how Google usually scales their system, it"s likely they treat .edu like any other domain -- meaning these domains may on average have higher authority than non-edu domains, but only because they get a higher level ...
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