co.uk vs .com?

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MakeLemonade

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• Nov 19, 2011

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I'm not British but I was thinking about trying .co.uk instead of .com for an online only niche. Can't get the EMD (exact match domain) here, but can get it in co.uk.

Anyone have EXPERIENCE with this? Opinions without experience are just brain farts.

 

wannabie

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• Nov 19, 2011

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You might find it a pain in the arse ranking in Google.com (anything other than google.co.uk) but only by a few places!

I have clients who are #1 in Google.co.uk but #8 in Google.com and I find thats because of the .co.uk domain

 

necromancer

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• Nov 19, 2011

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if you are uing it for a niche site it would work if you cant get the .com i always get.coms

 

SEOWhizz

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• Nov 19, 2011

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The preference is you want rank globally is
1. .com
2. .net or .org

.co.uk is good if you want to rank in the go0gle.co.uk, and can work globally, depending on the competition.

 

Ricky Roma

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Ye co.uk is excellent for ranking in google.co.uk. Check number of local searches (for UK) for that word in gkwt and see if there is enough, otherwise get net, org or info.

 

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socialjest404

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• Nov 19, 2011

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Since you're getting a .co.uk anyway, why not rank that locally in the UK

 

Digital Marketer

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• Nov 19, 2011

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Go for .com domain rather than co.uk

 

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markhenry121

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• Nov 21, 2011

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It will be very hard to get global visitors and better serp in google.com if you use co.uk. As it is country specific domain extension. Therefore only .com is the best if you want global visitors.

 

SEOWhizz

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• Nov 21, 2011

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markhenry121 said:

It will be very hard to get global visitors and better serp in google.com if you use co.uk.

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That's complete nonsense. TLD is irrelevant for traffic.

 

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markhenry121

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• Nov 23, 2011

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SEOWhizz said:

TLD is irrelevant for traffic.

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Did you read your reply carefully?

SEOWhizz said:

The preference is you want rank globally is
1. .com
2. .net or .org

.co.uk is good if you want to rank in the go0gle.co.uk, and can work globally, depending on the competition.

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The first question raise why everyone want high rank in google dot com. They want visitors/traffic therefore they want good rank in Google dot com. And you also giving preference to top TLD means it does matter for traffic.

 

Last edited: Nov 23, 2011