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.com vs regional domain

by johnwinch42
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Hello,

I have two case where I'ma sking myself what kin of domain to use in today SEO:

First a dating website where we will target first the UK market, should I get:

www.mydomainnameuk.co.uk
or
uk.mydomainnamedotcom.com (that's what Match is doing)

Second a website where we will target world cities, should i get:

www.brandname.co.uk/city/ (to target london for example)
or
www.brandname.com/city/

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,
#domain #regional
  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    Co.uk is good for you according to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnwinch42
      Originally Posted by vishwa View Post

      Co.uk is good for you according to me.
      For both my sites?
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  • Profile picture of the author vishwa
    Yes! It is both for your domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author aadi14
    Go for a country specific domain to target the audience, so co.uk will be best. But if you are providing same services to rest of the world then use .com(preferred) .

    You can also make changes in Webmasters if you just want to stick with any of the domains. Just target the country in international targeting tochoose where you want to target your audience.
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  • Profile picture of the author pollyiam
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    Go with your country domain i.e co.uk for better ranking position in your country.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    If the UK has the highest priority, then go for a .co.uk domain name instead. Note that a .com domain can also rank well in Google UK and a .co.uk domain can also rank well in Google US.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rozanne
    If you are planning to target the whole UK market then .co.uk or .UK extension will do the fine job, but if you wish to target specific city only such as London then you can register .London extension as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author johnwinch42
      Originally Posted by Rozanne View Post

      If you are planning to target the whole UK market then .co.uk or .UK extension will do the fine job, but if you wish to target specific city only such as London then you can register .London extension as well.
      The first one is a dating website so we will target all of the UK. A .co.uk might be the best then.

      For the second site we will target London as our first city but we might as well target Paris (or a city in another country) as our second city, etc...
      Maybe a .com would be more suited for the second one?
      www.brandname.com/city/
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      • Profile picture of the author Rozanne
        Originally Posted by johnwinch42 View Post

        The first one is a dating website so we will target all of the UK. A .co.uk might be the best then.

        For the second site we will target London as our first city but we might as well target Paris (or a city in another country) as our second city, etc...
        Maybe a .com would be more suited for the second one?
        www.brandname.com/city/
        As your second website will target Global cities then www.brandname.com/city/ looks OK to me. Even brandname.com/city is affordable and sensible choice than registering domain with each city name extension. Earlier I thought your second website will only target London city.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rank Watch
    For the uk market go for .co.uk and for worldwide go for .com
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Ray
    Yes, if you are going to targeting the UK and the cities there, then yes, get a .co.uk.

    And Idearock has the right idea of getting the .com and .net versions as well for the redirect. That way if someone can't remember it's a .co.uk and they go to the .com, it's still you.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOWizard417
    Go with a .com for any global targets and .co.UK for country specific targets.
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  • Profile picture of the author patco
    Originally Posted by johnwinch42 View Post

    uk.mydomainnamedotcom.com (that's what Match is doing)

    Second a website where we will target world cities, should i get:

    Brand Name | Brand Name (to target london for example)
    or
    www.brandname.com/city/

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    The domain with the UK in the beginning is really long and hardly to read... Moreover why is that dotcom? For the second one you can go with co.uk as you are doing good local SEO!
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  • Profile picture of the author flesterking
    If you are targetting only uk then go for co.uk but it would be better if you take .com as it will have more credit in the eyes of google.
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