Should I stick with .me domain or move to a .com?

Does Google like .me domains?

[sandpetra]

Does Google like .me domains?

[Oimachi2]

Never mind if Google likes it or not...

Human visitors won't and although there is no proof, %99 of sites listed on Goolge in top position are .com and .net

I would stick to those extensions only.

I actually never heard of .me what does it stand for? Mexico?

[sandpetra]

You dont get around much - but of course, the.me should be ".me.uk".

Anyone have any thoughts? My initial thought is of course to just get the .co.uk - I just wanted to see if anyone had actual experience of using such a TLD.

[londrum]

...there might just be more .com sites at the top because there are more .com sites around.

if you go with the .me then you will probably be able to choose yourself a better domain name.

[tedster]

Google shows over 3 million .me.uk domains in their index.

[jomaxx]

You dont get around much...

Not sure why you felt it necessary to say that, but I guess I don't either because I'd also never heard of that domain suffix before.

Anyway there's little difference from an SEO perspective, but .com is much more brandable and much more memorable -- if you can get a good name, which is not so easy these days.

[Oimachi2]

.co.uk is much better than .me.uk in my opinion.

However unless you offer services that are restricted and available to the UK only I would opt for .com

.co.uk makes the site sound exclusive to UK residents.

It all depends what you do with your site I suppose, but what do I know?

"I don't get around much" and mostly hide under my mother's skirt living at home in the basement at 37 years old...Just got a computer 1 week ago, before that I used to listen to the radio, so this internet stuff is all new to me! ;)

Cheers!

[gstewart]

.co.uk makes the site sound exclusive to UK residents

Never particularly felt that was the case, Oimachi2. To me, it sounds like it's a UK-based business or site.

I've got to say that ".me.uk" sounds a bit amateurish to me.

[g1smd]

Gat any related domains that a competitor might squat on to divert traffic away from your site and then 301 redirect all of them to your main site - whatever that might actually be.

[tiori]

g1smd,

Exactly right. That's what I have tried to do for one of my prized domains.

[sandpetra]

jomaxx / Oimachi2

Sorry!

[g1smd]

One other thought, when you type widget into your browser, and hit enter, it will try to fetch a page from widget.com then widget.org then widget.net; the first site to respond, gets your visit.

[ezitis]

What do you think about .EU domains?