Hi chaps - a client has a .co.uk web site and wonders if having a .com version (ie all the same content but .com rather than .co.uk) - he feels it will help his seo with his potential American clients … is this correct ? I find that a little illogical !
Thanks in advance - Roger
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Hi Roger,
I’m less certain that it matters so much from an SEO standpoint (if
you are in the US and there are other sites with relevant results with
a .com domain then maybe) but if the .com address is available and he
already owns the .co.uk then I would suggest he jump at the chance to
get hold of it. In the UK I think people tend to try both .co.uk as
well as .com domains by default but I suspect in the US this drops to
just .com.
It will also be worth him getting hold of the domain before someone
else does and sits on it in the hope he will pay over the odds for it.
Regards,
Tim.
On 15 Sep 2010, at 15:06, Roger Burton wrote:
Hi chaps - a client has a .co.uk web site and wonders if having
a .com version (ie all the same content but .com rather than .co.uk)
- he feels it will help his seo with his potential American
clients … is this correct ? I find that a little illogical !
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Thanks for that Tim … makes sense, he though is now grumbling because I originally got him the .co.uk when I should have got him the .com … oh well no pleasing some people (he’s probably after a discount) - best Roger
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It’s usually quite cheap to register a .com address then point it to the .co.uk site I’ve done that with some websites I design & manage. Peter
Peter Tucker, Oxford UK - but mobile somewhere
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Thanks for that Tim … makes sense, he though is now grumbling because I originally got him the .co.uk when I should have got him the .com … oh well no pleasing some people (he’s probably after a discount) - best Roger
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So - again, forgive my ignorance Peter (and Tim), are there therefore benefits in having both ? - Roger
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Hi Roger,
Technically no. Where I feel it helps is when users are trying to
guess your domain and take a stab at the URL. If you’ve a reasonable
volume of traffic and the .com domain is available for a
corresponding .co.uk one then I would expect enterprising soul will
buy it up and hope for fall out traffic. I would imagine that the
Apple illustration agency, for example, (http://www.apple.co.uk) get a
fair amount of Apple.com traffic.
Regards,
Tim.
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So - again, forgive my ignorance Peter (and Tim), are there
therefore benefits in having both ? - Roger
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I read from a Google support page that to have a .com local to the target market does help - i.e buy the .com from an american web hosting company (go-daddy for example)… but this was a few months ago and things change quickly
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i.e buy the .com from an american web hosting company
You can buy it from any hosting company their geographical location is irrelevant.
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It can be important for some sites, e.g. if otherwise a competitor bought it
and attracted some of the business away from the .co.uk one. One other
advantage is that if you leave the suffix off an address it’ll normally
default to the .com one.
I’d buy it, point it to the same site and bill him £10/year. No extra work
and a happy customer.
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On Sep 15, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Roger Burton wrote:
Thanks for that Tim … makes sense, he though is now grumbling because I originally got him the .co.uk when I should have got him the .com … oh well no pleasing some people (he’s probably after a discount) - best Roger
i do some industrial purchasing in the states here. the .com is the absolutely preferred format. and he’s whining over what ?? another 12 bucks a year to register the name. the fool’s another booger eat’n moron … knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
just my op.
cheery-O
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Thank you all - what a great forum this is knowledgable and entertaining - I’ll resist calling him a "… booger eat’n moron … " though I’m tempted, I’ll suggest that linking from one to the other is beneficial - good of you chaps to take the time - Roger
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