kheadley
msg:4501169 | 2:08 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
As long as you set the GEO target to the country you want to target within webmaster tools you will be fine with a .com
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Leosghost
msg:4501177 | 2:24 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Get both redirect the .com to the .co.uk..if your customers are Brits..they'll probably prefer the .co.uk..
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HuskyPup
msg:4501178 | 2:25 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Buy both and point the .com at the .co.uk.
The game has definitely changed in the last couple of years and .co.uks definitely rank better than .coms, in fact I have had to duplicate my 17 year old .com on to my .co.uk since I lost so much UK traffic whilst still doing well outside of the UK.
The most annoying thing is that I sometimes see US .coms in the UK SERPs that don't have a chance in hell in supplying my widgets because we supply them!
Overall the .co.uk SERPs have been in quite a mess for 18-24 months now and I do not see them getting any better.
To test which works best log-out of personalisation, clear your cache etc and then type in a few keywords etc and see what comes up. In my widget sector it is dominated by .co.uks these days.
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HuskyPup
msg:4501179 | 2:26 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Hahaha...See, me and Leo agree:-)
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rolands
msg:4501329 | 8:11 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
thanks guys, i'll do what you say and buy both.
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Leosghost
msg:4501330 | 8:14 pm on Sep 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Er..get the .co <= that is the dotco while you are there..
I don't buy as many TLDs each time I reg' a new domain name as Husky does ( he deals with more countries )..but IMO / IME, the dot co is worth getting..it's too close to the other two that you want, to leave it "hanging" out there..
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jmccormac
msg:4501907 | 5:18 am on Sep 30, 2012 (gmt 0) |
The UK is definitely ccTLD positive (more ccTLD domains than gTLD domains registered in the market). The ratio is probably about 2.5:1 in favour of .uk. Get the .com as well but make sure it redirects to the .co.uk domain name. Ditto for the .co domain. The .co ccTLD is mainly a US domainer phenomenon but in the last web survey of .co websites I ran, the percentage of websites redirecting to the owner's primary website in a TLD outside of .co was actually higher than that of the percentage of developed .co websites. Registering the .co is probably cheaper than a UDRP action.
Regards...jmcc
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