Is there a significant hit to a non .com TLDs exact match domain (EMD) names after Google's Panda update?

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Published on 2012-12-04T17:33:46Z Indexed on 2012/12/04 23:22 UTC
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In this article, there is a good overview of exact match domain names and how they affect SEO after Google's Panda update.

The last graph shows the Non-com EMD Influence, where it is suggested that a .com tld will perform better than a non-.com one.

However, let's consider local search. In the US, .com's work great. However, let's say you're in Canada, and you have a .ca EMD, all with local, Canadian results. Would the expectation be that the .com equivalent still perform better?

As a user I would expect the .ca results to be more relevant, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experience with this?

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