Using .ag for agriculture site with global targeting
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Would using .ag with a short punchy domain like farm.ag, that was targeting a global audience be a wise decision? Versus say an 11 character descriptive ".com". Is there any benefit to using a ".ag" if the site is for agriculture?
Note, this is a heavy content site so SEO important, with plans to serve different languages later.
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Hello there,
I'd advise against using a ccTLD that is not used generally as a gTLD.
It might be more tricky to rank globally.Take into consideration that .ag ccTLD reffers as the country code domain of Antigua an Barbuda. And its listed as a ccTLD: Delegation Record for .AG - IANA
Also, google may consider that TLD as a generic, as stated here: International Targetting - Search Console Help. There might be another TLD that suit a variation of that idea.Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR.
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