Hey everyone... I know this may have been asked on a handful of occasions in the past but with a new year started and peoples opinions forever changing, I have to ask the question again..... .co.uk or .uk ? I have a big project coming up, lots work and a big budget planned so i need to get off on the right foot. My personal preference would be .co.uk but i'm seeing a lot of .uk's cropping up and companies moving to the .uk from .co.uk which is throwing a spanner in the works! Thanks!
It would depend on the domain name, to the left of the dot. If it was a great generic domain name I might go with the .uk because the two together *might* stand out even more than .co.uk which everyone's seen countless times.
Only reason the .uk applies in domain circles is because buyers are reluctant to pay the same for a domain without it, just in case. Beyond that, just a Nominet cash cow.
We're still launching everything on .co.uk, except for one site we're working on at the moment where the .co.uk has a bit of a ropey link history from it's previous life.
Nothing has changed since these previous threads for me... http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/business-discussions/137096-new-site-uk-co-uk.html http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/136386-new-site-co-uk-uk.html
I like .uk and really wanted to use one but after struggling when telling people the domain or email address it was just easier to revert to .co.uk. I know that everything can be set up so that everything .co.uk forwards to .uk but it didn't seem worth continuing with the uphill battle. I can imaging working with a .co is equally frustrating and difficult - maybe moreso because it is so close to .com too.
Yep spam filters dont like it either for some reason New domain & site, and first email I sent to a serviced office company not even promoting just having a normal conversation with the bloke ended up in spam folder happens a bit to be honest
