What should I use: com/uk or .co.uk

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Hi,

I've got a few successful info products that
are making sales mainly in the USA and in the
UK. At the moment I'm trying to create
separate pages for USA and UK traffic.

Does anyone know if I should just use:

www.site.com for the USA traffic
www.site.com/uk for the UK traffic

Or just purchase a totally separate domain:
i.e. site.co.uk

Basically, is it worth it creating a domain
and a new website just for the UK PPC traffic?

This is something I've always wondered about!
#com or uk #couk
  • Profile picture of the author Adam H
    Hmm its a tough one , if you think about it logically then creating a new domain .co.uk then you have all the work to do all over again but on the up side it will be considered a separate website.

    If i was you however i would probably go for hxxp://uk.site.com so instead of a directory with in your site , actually create a subdomain of your original site

    Of course adding the UK meta also so the search engines know you are focusing on the UK searches for that subdomain
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve Ranger
    That sounds about right. Didn't consider that
    the .co.uk site could be penalized for duplicate
    content!

    The UK meta info defiantly has to be added!

    Thanks for the advice.
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