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domain/TLD SEO risk

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The creator claims a Google employee said challenging TLDs such as `.xyz` may face slower crawling/indexing and sitemap trust issues.

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You remember when those dot XYZ sites were really popular? Google has said they're actually worse for SEO. This was asked on Reddit. An official Google employee responded: domain names on challenging TLDs might find that crawling and indexing is slower. Even sitemaps may struggle to be considered worthwhile. While the Google employee goes on to list other...

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Remember when those .xyz sites were really popular? Google has said they're actually worse fo...

@@build_in_public · 2025-09-09

You remember when those dot XYZ sites were really popular? Google has said they're actually worse for SEO. This was asked on Reddit. An official Google employee responded: domain names on challenging TLDs might find that crawling and indexing is slower. Even sitemaps may struggle to be considered worthwhile. While the Google employee goes on to list other...

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You remember when those dot XYZ sites were really popular? Google has said they're actually worse for SEO. This was asked on Reddit. An official Google employee responded: domain names on challenging TLDs might find that crawling and indexing is slower. Even sitemaps may struggle to be considered worthwhile. While the Google employee goes on to list other issues that a dot XYZ website might face. But this is an official Google employee saying SEO on dot XYZ websites is worse.