Importance of TLD?

[sachban]

I am wondering if Google differentiates between domains which are region specific or global. For example if i am hosting a site in spain, will domains having ".es" as TLD will work better.

Any clue in this direction will be most helpful.

Thanks

[Quadrille]

National Googles do take note of TLD.

For example, Google.co.uk will favour sites that are EITHER .co.uk OR have UK hosting.

Similar rules attach to all local Googles - but do vary a little - some may require .TLD AND local hosting, for example.

Google.com does not worry about TLD.

[dbdev]

very true.

nice post quad...

[sachban]

thanks quidpro, this was helpful.

Some more queries on same

1- Should I host the website in panama, if I want to gain weightage on google pa

2- If I have a specific country code, Google will automatically geo target the country corresponding to your extension.

Will look forward for any answers on the above 2.

Thanks

[Quadrille]

1. Sorry, I didn't know that there was a Google pa - so I cannot give specific advice beyond the general advice I gave above.

But if you do a few searches comparing pa with .com, you should be able to see if hosting makes a big difference.

2. Sorry again - I'm no expert on geolocation stuff, but I believe that TLD is one factor - on-page content also matters (local postcodes, telephone numbers etc.)