Does TLD matter for country and language-specific local SEO?

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alexa_s

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Hey guys

Let's say I am ranking a website for a lawyer in Paris, France, for a french search term. Will a .fr TLD help the ranking, or will a .com rank just as well, given everything else is the same? I seem to find conflicting information on this. Anyone has any experience in the matter? Thanks!

 

Cad01

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Hi,
In theory it shouldn't matter, but in my experience, not in the French market but in the UK, i find it's easier to rank using the Country TLDs (in my case .co.uk or .org.uk) rather then with .com

 

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methodman90

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Yes obviously the TLD helps a lot when we want to rank in foreign google.

 

Fingerpod

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Cad01 said:

Hi,
In theory it shouldn't matter, but in my experience, not in the French market but in the UK, i find it's easier to rank using the Country TLDs (in my case .co.uk or .org.uk) rather then with .com

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This, although I notice that it's easier to rank a tld specific domain, it shouldn't be but a lot of people do find it easier.