Easyspace

Back in 2009 the affiliate / SEO expert Frank Paul (http://www.smingle.co.uk/) made a post on the Affiliates4u forum that over time became very popular:

http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/g...de-2009-a.html


He offered carefully selected domain names, including those with an org.uk extension and suggested people register them.

I had a quick look at some of the .org.uk domains mentioned and of the ones I checked a number of them don’t have a website up for them – which makes me think it was possibly not that worthwhile to have attempted setting up a website for them in the first place……. But I could be completely wrong………..

Obviously many people – especially affiliates, would first of all like to register a .com or a .co.uk domain, if they want to register a keyword domain for e.g. an affiliate website. But as many of us know, the best ones are long gone, but sometimes the .org.uk extension is available.

A few affiliates I’ve come across claim that .org.uk domains do/can rank highly in search engines, when the main keyword is used.

So my question to all of you is would you recommend registering an .org.uk domain name (if you could not get the .com or .co.uk)? Do you have any experience / success stories with an .org.uk domain name/website? Do you have an .org.uk website that ranks well in Google??

Jonathan

Affiliates Manager
www.easyspace.com

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grantw

They rank just as well in my experience. To come back to frank, he hand regged sledges.org.uk, ranked it highly and sold it for £xxxxx in a very short space of time.

The property insurance domain in my sig has been second/third in google for a couple of months now with a totally half-arsed unfinished site on it.

Grant

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Hi Jonathan

There are a number of .org.uk ranking well in Google in super competitive niches as affiliate sites etc.

Off the top of my head :

PaydayLoans.org.uk - 1
DebtConsolidationLoans.org.uk - 1
Mobile-Phones-Uk.org.uk - 5 (for mobile phones)
DebtManagement.org.uk -8
Watches.org.uk - 9

The majority of the people on the A4U thread just registered the domain on the spur of the moment, as they thought they were getting something for nothing but couldn't be bothered to put the work into getting a site on the domain.

And as Grant said sledges.org.uk was sold for £xx,xxx in December last year. How do I know all this ? because I am Frank

If you want to talk further or want some more specific info then drop me a PM

EDIT : I just realised you follow me on Twitter too, so you must have a bit more knowledge on the subject.

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Nick

Julian on here also has some nice ones

Hopefully mine will rank soon, they are taking a while

ClassicalGuitar

I find .org.uks currently work a treat when allied with an exact match domain and solid link building.

By the way, hats off to you Frank for this introductory seo/domaining blueprint you posted for free at affiliates4u.com

Cheers, Tom

cmrule

What about .org.uk with hyphens in?

That was a great post by Frank.

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Maccke

.org.uk domains are doing well in search engines, no doubt..

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DomainManagement

I have taken a number of sites up with my self taught grasp of seo and to be honest

it helps having a development office , after all if your after leverage then a well indexed aged site makes better profit margins

just sold consolidationloans.or.guk debt-consolidation.org.uk weightloss.org.uk lifecover.net

debtconsolidationloans.org.uk and debtmanagement.org.uk were mine too

but developing, also comes with a learning curve so, take good advice

to lower risk, shorten gestation time , and focus on your projects , there are so many investment s out there, at all levels of the domain/website game

so i hope we get this game open to more and increase the values of our portfolios

also have 2 other sites coming up for sale on page 1 for debt consolidation loans too but not org.uk

and make 2012 the year to develop a great portfolio and 2013 to harvest it

sorry the .org.uk and ..org .net`s have been great entries into markets for me
and i am very passionate about them

Best regards Steve

have a happy xmas and a great new year

namealot

Yes there worth registering.... Web design , host, affiliate etc that has to ask the question really ???? Could take a cynical view that the post is self publicity..... If you were to do so daily, heart, 123 etc are cheaper

DomainManagement

IT`s possible to look at something in many different ways

the fact of the matter is that .org.uk`s are providing a great alternative to develop

when the .co.uk and com is gone , and is being owned by someone that wants to high a price , as it means the competition has not indexed theres giving you a open run at your

you have paydayloans.org.uk and paydayloans.org.uk making xxx,xxx per month

DebtConsolidationLoans.org.uk making xx,xxx per month consistant site sales

of .org.uk

iva.net well done rob p1 p1 for a very very difficult keyword also

do you think the company the gets the leads is bothered if they come from a .net .co.uk
.org. or org.uk

no they just want the leads , i do see the future changing as Google plays around with its real estate

there is one thing that Google can not mess with , The human way of thinking

if you see the keyword that you entered in the search

and in the results returned the title tage has the keyword that has been searched for

and in the meta description a couple of times and also in the url (keyword heavy domain)

your sub concious goes ther , e fact , and gives google more chance of earning revenue its simple ,

so keyword heavy domains will always have a future

they also improve ctr on ppc campaigns too sorry if i bore you all

Steve