Store or Shop

[tigger]

I'm just finishing a new ecom site and I was wondering do you place the word Shop or Store in the hope that should someone search for widget shop/store, the site is aimed towards the UK market

I can't make my mind up as I really only want to go for one as I'm going to place this within the page titles

Ta

Tig's

P.S I presume this post won't get any replies as everyone is out doing last minute Xmas shopping

[sem4u]

You could try wordtracker or overture to see which word comes up most on the suggestion tools.

[Mike12345]

LAst minute xmas shopping, i havent even started yet, bar one. Anyway id opt for store, i run several and have pondered this issue my self, so i tryed both and i think store is better for various reason :)

[fathom]

Actually tigger I think this is a lost cause.

Plural is usually used in either case which wouldn't make much sense on your pages if only one shop/store.

In addition, I also think this is a culture thing much like the US use "shopping cart" and UK usually use "basket" which could also be broken down by age group, or quality of living (e.g. upper, middle, or lower class).

Probably market/industry dependent as well.

Personally I would stick with titles that reflect generic product(s) names of the page rather than an action/place.

If it was a rather large site or the "brand" included Shop or Store - might go the other way.

According to the numbers even split but plurals are the clear winners.

[Staffa]

If you need to include either one, for the UK I would go with shop.
We tend to 'pop into the shop' rather than the store. :)

[tigger]

thanks for the feed back