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.co.uk or .com for uk sites

by ukcarl
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Hey guys just starting out with local marketing I have had quite a lot of success with affiliate marketing but just really like the look of the offline model seems a lot more sustainable.

I was wondering for uk sites do people find .co.uk work better than a .com

Am looking at sites like PlumberInTown.com(.co.uk)

Also what are peoples thoughts on search volume for example would you build a site around a keyword with say 300-400 searches a month or would you be looking for more volume
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  • Profile picture of the author ukcarl
    anyone got anything to say about this
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  • Profile picture of the author Pete Egeler
    UKCARL,

    Since you're targeting local businesses, I don't see where co.uk would be a problem, but why don't you just ask some of your friends? How do they search for things? That should give you a rough idea of which might work better.

    Pete
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  • Profile picture of the author James Foster
    I don't live in the UK so I don't have the exact answer but ask yourself this...

    Which is easier to remember?

    -or-

    If people use both a lot in your country, which one do you see more readily used... when you look at local advertising do businesses have a .com or .co.uk address?
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    • Profile picture of the author ukcarl
      Originally Posted by James Foster View Post

      I don't live in the UK so I don't have the exact answer but ask yourself this...

      Which is easier to remember?

      -or-

      If people use both a lot in your country, which one do you see more readily used... when you look at local advertising do businesses have a .com or .co.uk address?
      True but just because they use it doesn't mean its better I was hoping to hear from people who had had experience with using both and which they found ranked better
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  • Profile picture of the author V12
    For the UK, .co.uk wins hands down, especially if you're going to be doing any backlinking.

    Abdul.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Sullivan
      One of the things you may want to consider apart from the domain TLD is hosting. For example you will almost certainly get better results in the UK for a hosting account based in the UK. The numbers really is a question of the value of each market. If you can get an exact domain match that will be easier to get a page one ranking this could be valuable to a plumber as in your example.

      John
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  • Profile picture of the author MattyD
    Originally Posted by ukcarl View Post

    Hey guys just starting out with local marketing I have had quite a lot of success with affiliate marketing but just really like the look of the offline model seems a lot more sustainable.

    I was wondering for uk sites do people find .co.uk work better than a .com

    Am looking at sites like PlumberInTown.com(.co.uk)

    Also what are peoples thoughts on search volume for example would you build a site around a keyword with say 300-400 searches a month or would you be looking for more volume
    Honestly, both for my own sites and for my client's sites there is barely any difference between the .com and the .co.uk domain names. I would always advocate getting both domains if they are available anyway. You don't want a competitor buying the TLD that you forgot to purchase and creating unnecessary competition.

    In fact, if you're willing to put the time into it - you could even split test your ideas a little with two separate websites, one on the .co.uk and one on the .com domain.

    As for your keywords question, that's a fairly reasonable number of searches for a localised keyword. I don't see a problem with building a page around it, I wouldn't dedicate my whole site to it though. I like to create a page for each keyword when creating a lead generation website. That's just me though!

    Best of luck
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    • Profile picture of the author Jesus Carrera
      If the domain is new, I'd definitely go for the .co.uk version. Although I use to consider to buy an aged .com
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben_R
    depends who you are trageting - there is a reason there are country codes -- a UK soiunds re assuring for a uk buyer --- so ive heard - does make sense as you have to be in teh uk to register one


    gd luck
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    • Profile picture of the author Jean Clemens
      Com or co.uk doens't matter much when it comes to SEO, including backlinking.

      But it can have an influence at the UK customers coming to the site, yes. It will give more trust to the UK customers if it's an co.uk domain.
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