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I think if anyone were to change name, it'd be the real Code Academy now. About 90% of times I encounter anyone trying to say Codecademy, they say 'Code Academy' and don't believe me when I say they're wrong and that there's another service using that name. That's branding for you.. and they've won the battle.


They also appear to have won the Google battle - the first result for "code academy" (with or without quotes) is Codecademy.


Codecademy has far more links than code academy (.org) so that's not surprising - also, redirecting CodeAcademy.com may be helping them out.


I'm not an SEO expert, but I believe the way it works is persons/entities/companies bid on keywords through Google Adwords. If they win the bid, their site will pop up first or closer to the top.

I always thought Codecademy.com and Codeacademy.org were the same company or at the very least sister companies; somehow related.


> I'm not an SEO expert, but I believe the way it works is persons/entities/companies bid on keywords through Google Adwords. If they win the bid, their site will pop up first or closer to the top.

I think dandelany meant organic results, not sponsored links.

In any case, I didn't receive any ads for "code academy" on Google, so Codecademy's ranking is natural.


Thanks for the clarification.




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