Same Company, Same Site, Same Domain Different TLD

[mdj101]

Hi Guys,

Relatively new to the SEO thing. So please bare with me.

I have a business based in the UK however when I set up the website i did it under the .com domain.

I get good google results, but not if people search on google.co.uk with the UK SITES ticked. It seems that google doesnt see my site as a UK entity, the server is located outside the UK.

I have modified META TAGS to state UK but as of yet this has made no difference.

SO, to try and overcome this issue I have set up in IIS the .co.uk domain and this is submitted to google along with sitemaps web tools etc, its a complete mirror of the site, infact, its just IIS changing the headers to return .co.uk instead of .com

However, I'm slightly worried and confused, I have read mixed reports on duplicate content.

Can someone confirm where I stand?

[wrkalot]

Move to a UK server. I have 2 sites that rock on .CA (canada) and suck on .com (US based site). I thought I could over come this but after 4 years I'm giving up and move to a US host.

[mdj101]

Unfortunately moving to a UK server is not an option at present.

ALL our servers are based outside the UK

My main question is will this duplication harm my google rankings?

[MarkWolk]

Duplicate content will likely have one or both of your sites banned or penalized, so act fast to prevent it. For your problem, point the A record of the .uk domain to your .com domain (since it is the main one), and move to a host in the UK. There is no other way to appear on google.co.uk with the UK SITES ticked to my knowledge. A very common problem for many UK site owners.