Non English domain for English site?

by peterj
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Hi,

If I use a non English domain extension such as .it.at etc for an English language site how badly would I get spanked by the search engines.

For instance; if my site is mydomain.at and someone types in keywords relevant to my site, what are the chances of my site showing in the search results (assuming it is optimised etc...).

The reason for asking is that I want a domain name along the lines of delicio.us where the domain extension forms a part of the site name.

Not sure if the above makes sense, it's getting late/early here.

Cheers

Pete
#domain #english #site
  • Profile picture of the author Triplescan
    The example with delicio.us is accordingly to the English language so it's fine. But the ranking part depends on some other things you mentioned such as keywords and domain name. If some other websites already have a domain with a similar name as yours is going to be harder for you to rank, the same happens in the case of keywords. So you will need to make a little bit of in depth research before deciding for the name.
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    • Profile picture of the author peterj
      So essentially it shouldn't matter what country code extension I use.

      As long as it is optimised for my keywords etc, it 'could' still be found in the english search results?
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOWizard417
    You are going to have a much harder time ranking in the english serps with a different country specific tld. Stick with the major ones, .com, .net, .org if you're looking to rank in us google. Country specific is really best suited for rankings for that particular country.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Last time I checked, there were billions of people speaking English...
      United States, UK, Ireland, India, South Africa, Australia, Canada,
      Virgin Isles, Hong Kong, Kenya, Fiji, Namibia, ...several more.

      Perhaps you mean United States...

      You are far behind the times....oodles of country-specific TLDs have
      been opened up to the world for a long time. Hence, you get
      everybody and their brother using other extensions.

      Especially cute ones like .at You probably never would be able to get
      a .it. Some countries have restrictions.

      The internet is world wide now, and English is spoken everywhere.

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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  • Profile picture of the author Osman2014
    Good Post..Thank You
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