co.uk or .com

kidk · 14-04-2009, 01:06:34 PM

Hi all,

Just wondering has anyone ever just reg'd the .co variant when the .com was still available? Is there ever a reason to do so?

Thanks in advance for the responses

dtm · 14-04-2009, 02:04:09 PM

Get both, If you don't have your own tag, may be worth a look at fasthosts at the moment offering free .co.uk with a .com

Fasthosts

bensd · 14-04-2009, 02:13:46 PM

If the .com is available as well then i would always grab both.

mat · 14-04-2009, 02:36:22 PM

Certainly take both!

If my business was UK based, I would put the site on the .co.uk and redirect the .com to the site.

Mat

kidk · 14-04-2009, 03:40:41 PM

It will be UK based

Basically the reason i ask is because I'm thinking of starting a blog type website that will be aimed at the UK market but I suppose equally viable for the worldwide market. The .com is already taken but all the other variants are free.

Do you guys think I should reg it anyway or just choose another name?

dtm · 14-04-2009, 03:54:50 PM

Does the .com rank highly in search engines? If so, It may be best to change it because as you build your brand you'd be leaking search engine traffic to it. Otherwise you should be fine.

Reading back to your first post, you didn't half put it a strange way to get an answer for this purpose

kidk · 14-04-2009, 04:38:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtm

Does the .com rank highly in search engines? If so, It may be best to change it because as you build your brand you'd be leaking search engine traffic to it. Otherwise you should be fine.

Reading back to your first post, you didn't half put it a strange way to get an answer for this purpose

Yeah I suppose looking back it was a strange way to pose the question but I did not want to put to much questions in at once because it can be a bit overbearing to read sometimes.

Although I did want to know the answer to the first question as well, because im pretty positive on my searches i seen a few names with just the .co.uk reg'd.

I know a few years back .coms where more desirable just wondered what the consensus was know?

I suppose it would make sense to get the .com as well just to cover yourself for the future?

The .com ranks on page 1 if you type in the name (eg.name name). Theres around 5 articles on there and its got around 450 backlinks although i have not analysed these yet. I might contact them and see if they want to sell, ill probably register the co.uk and find an alternative in the meantime.

kidk · 14-04-2009, 04:40:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtm

Get both, If you don't have your own tag, may be worth a look at fasthosts at the moment offering free .co.uk with a .com

Fasthosts

have some rep for this money saving info

spammy01 · 14-04-2009, 10:02:10 PM

Get both but if your website is aimed at the uk market then redirect the .com to the .co.uk

I often type in .com accidently instead of .co.uk when trying to remember a domain i've been to

doodlebug · 16-04-2009, 08:40:20 PM

Traffic leakage of .co.uk going to .com instead is very little and nothing to lose sleep over

14-04-2009, 01:06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
kidk Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	co.uk or .com Hi all, Just wondering has anyone ever just reg'd the .co variant when the .com was still available? Is there ever a reason to do so? Thanks in advance for the responses

14-04-2009, 02:04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
dtm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cheshire / Warwickshire Posts: 768 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 42)	Get both, If you don't have your own tag, may be worth a look at fasthosts at the moment offering free .co.uk with a .com Fasthosts __________________ Club Classics - ASCII - YMN

14-04-2009, 02:36:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
mat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 3,328 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 40)	Certainly take both! If my business was UK based, I would put the site on the .co.uk and redirect the .com to the site. Mat __________________ Mathew.co.uk - Follow me on Twitter here

14-04-2009, 03:54:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
dtm Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cheshire / Warwickshire Posts: 768 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 42)	Does the .com rank highly in search engines? If so, It may be best to change it because as you build your brand you'd be leaking search engine traffic to it. Otherwise you should be fine. Reading back to your first post, you didn't half put it a strange way to get an answer for this purpose __________________ Club Classics - ASCII - YMN

16-04-2009, 08:40:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
doodlebug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: This time next year we'll be millionaires ! Posts: 4,652 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 32)	Traffic leakage of .co.uk going to .com instead is very little and nothing to lose sleep over __________________ No links for me thanks !

14-04-2009, 02:13:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
bensd Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 4,148 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 97)	If the .com is available as well then i would always grab both.

14-04-2009, 03:40:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
kidk Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 11 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	It will be UK based Basically the reason i ask is because I'm thinking of starting a blog type website that will be aimed at the UK market but I suppose equally viable for the worldwide market. The .com is already taken but all the other variants are free. Do you guys think I should reg it anyway or just choose another name?

14-04-2009, 10:02:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
spammy01 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 39 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	Get both but if your website is aimed at the uk market then redirect the .com to the .co.uk I often type in .com accidently instead of .co.uk when trying to remember a domain i've been to

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