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Old 30-12-2007, 11:50:58 AM     #1 (permalink)

 
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Do uk domains lose traffic to the equivalent .com domain?

Lots of great .co.uk domains are still available but the equivalent .com s are long gone.

I someone promotes their .co.uk website will they also be driving substantial traffic to the .com.

How much of a problem is it? How does it affect UK domain name prices?
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Lots of great .co.uk domains are still available but the equivalent .com s are long gone.
I would struggle to think of a semi-decent .com that has the .co.uk unregged. Feel free to name a few

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I someone promotes their .co.uk website will they also be driving substantial traffic to the .com.

How much of a problem is it? How does it affect UK domain name prices?
I dont think it would drive substantial traffic elsewhere, and as a result the prices are not that affected in my opinion.

The reverse may also happen, .com sites lose traffic to people who type in .co.uk by default.
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I only used to have the .com site for one of my businesses, I know I was losing alot of traffic to to the person with the .co.uk because I am UK based.

Alot of people on forums etc were putting .co.uk as my address and people were getting confused.

I offered a good £xxx for the domain which they refused. Stupid really because they ended up letting it expire and I caught it for reg fee
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