Two URLs - Does it affect ranking?

[elektra]

I re-branded and re-launched my website that used to have a regional TLD but now uses a .com.

The website was totally redone from a content and programming point of view but I have kept the regional URL pointing to the new website as well as the .com.

Is this a good strategy or does does Google perceive this as spamming?

Google has now indexed the new website although it shows it with the previous URL not the .com.

I would prefer that the new URL got picked up rather the the regional one as I am marketing it internationally not regionally.

I have also started to get people to link back to the new .com URL. How will it affect PR if Google shows my site under one domain and the links point to another, although they are both the same site?

[jo1ene]

As long as there's not duplicate content, G won't mind. I have a similar "problem" with certain SEs displaying one domain and G and the others display the one I use. I think it's because the one I like is in DMOZ and the dmoz clones (G) use that one. The other one is the first one I had. I don't sweat it too much. Just steer clear of duplicating your web site.

[elektra]

Its not intended to be a duplicate, I have two URLs, a regional one and a .com pointing to the same website.
Is this perceived as spamming? Should I drop one of them?

[jo1ene]

No. I don't think so.