uk local domain investment

[csitenet]

Hi

Just wondering which is more worth investing in, citykeyword.com or citykeyword.co.uk ? :undecided: and why?

Regards

csite

 

[namestrands]

The reason why you would invest in city keyword is that you will find when most people search on google they mention the city.

For Example:

BristolPlumbers
BirminghamHireCar etc

Research the bid prices on your domain using something like keyword country, you may only get little traffic but the PPC will make up for it.

I am a firm believer that Quality is always better than quantity. You should also bear in mind that they are easier to target than generic names.

 

[csitenet]

You didn't answer my initial question, i already own lots of citykeywords.com i'm just wondering is anyone is picking up on the .co.uk ones too? when it's .com vs .co.uk which would you go for?

 

[namestrands]

For UK Cities I would go .co.uk all the time.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

E.g.:

NewYork.com
NewYork.co.uk

Or:

Exeter.com
Exeter.co.uk

No brainer?

 

[csitenet]

E.g.:

NewYork.com
NewYork.co.uk

Or:

Exeter.com
Exeter.co.uk

No brainer?

No

E.g. londonwedding.com vs londonwedding.co.uk

or

londoncafe.com vs londoncafe.co.uk

it seems like if i was to buy the .co.uk the potential end user would just buy and use the .com or vice versa. There seems to be no other choice buy to buy both it seems.

 

[Simsi]

The rule of thumb I'd use is if the target traffic is UK based, then buy the UK. If its overseas based, buy the .com. Lonnwedding woould be more applicable to UK people wanting to get married so buy the UK.

The reason is that Google defaults to google.co.uk to anyone searching from the UK and vice versa. A .co.uk site hosted in the UK will get much better SERPS on google.co.uk than google.com, and this is wher ethe audience is. If you want US tourists to visit then buy the .com and host it in the US.

 

[csitenet]

The rule of thumb I'd use is if the target traffic is UK based, then buy the UK. If its overseas based, buy the .com. Lonnwedding woould be more applicable to UK people wanting to get married so buy the UK.

The reason is that Google defaults to google.co.uk to anyone searching from the UK and vice versa. A .co.uk site hosted in the UK will get much better SERPS on google.co.uk than google.com, and this is wher ethe audience is. If you want US tourists to visit then buy the .com and host it in the US.

Some of my clients have their .co.uk but find their customers type in .com and ask me to act as a third party to buy the domain for them! It's happening more and more actually, specially to the growing uk businesses who forgot to buy their .com's.

As for serps of google.co.uk, it works on ip rather than extension, although it also depends on the domain and keyword. But as long as its hosted on a uk server you will be in google.co.uk no matter the extension.

Anyways thanks for the input guys, you just got me to spend alot more money on buying .co.uk extensions :upset:

 

[Simsi]

Some of my clients have their .co.uk but find their customers type in .com and ask me to act as a third party to buy the domain for them! It's happening more and more actually, specially to the growing uk businesses who forgot to buy their .com's.

Yes I'd go along with that if they are type-in domains or heavily marketed offline, although for domains relying on search engine traffic, it is probably less relevant. Certainly I'd buy both if there was any doubt about confusion.