Country TLD or .COM???

15 years ago

I think you should get the TLD for your country if you want to get local results; I had an .in domain once and got a ton of traffic from india.

You could get both domains though - and if there's a language besides english spoken in your country you could translate between both of the domains

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sam770 15 years ago

I would go for .Com
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johnsander1

15 years ago

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swarnjitgill 15 years ago

Definitely the country domain. People are loyal towards their local websites than .com.
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Targeted Traffic 15 years ago

Well you are talking about for your contry...then TLD for your country will be good for you...google says that they give equal priority to every TLDs
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RSingha

15 years ago

Local tld is best but get the .Com as well, its only ten bucks.

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DaneSebastion

Banned 15 years ago

Some people swear by .com and others say the local. I'm thinking about doing both, now if I do what is the best way to handle this do I either;

1.) Redirect one TLD to the other, if so what is the best way to do this?
2.) Do I put a one page website on for both but with separate content?
3.) If I have two web sites do I link them?

I want to keep this simple so I don't get bogged down with too many details?

What say you experts, you're welcome to make a comment...

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Dane

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Psst

Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by DaneSebastion

Some people swear by .com and others say the local. I'm thinking about doing both, now if I do what is the best way to handle this do I either;

1.) Redirect one TLD to the other, if so what is the best way to do this?
2.) Do I put a one page website on for both but with separate content?
3.) If I have two web sites do I link them?

I want to keep this simple so I don't get bogged down with too many details?

What say you experts, you're welcome to make a comment...

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Dane

To target the local people, if there was a city code TLD, I'd take that.

As far as using both the .com and the ccTLD together, you can use the .com one to host the English translated version of your site if your site is in your local language.

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DaneSebastion

Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Psst

To target the local people, if there was a city code TLD, I'd take that.

As far as using both the .com and the ccTLD together, you can use the .com one to host the English translated version of your site if your site is in your local language.

Hey,

It's an English speaking country...

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Psst Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by DaneSebastion

Hey,

It's an English speaking country...

D

Then no need to register a .com domain name
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Derek Solomon

15 years ago

I agree with Johny. Country TLDs will help you to dominate the local market.

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Willie Murray

15 years ago

I would go for the country local TLD and local hosting i.e. country specific hosting.

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aryangarg

15 years ago

if you want local visitors to your website then local TLD would work great! For example if you live in germany and want to target only german people then you can buy .DE .. You will get high rank.

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JustMint

15 years ago

I Have a similar question, except I want to market a business in 2 English speaking countries - UK and Australia (the business is me - consulting!)
I'm tossing up whether to run 2 sites on .com.au and .co.uk or just 1 .com site and try and backlink / otimize pages / KWs for boh countries.
Different people have advised me to do both, so not sure either. Let me know what you decide.

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RevSEO

15 years ago

If you want to rank in the search engines for your country than purchase the country TLD. Simple as that.

Country TLDs will have a much higher opportunity of ranking in that countries Google/search engines than a normal .COM