.EU Domains

[mspesti]

HI!

Is it worth it to buy an EU domain if its an exact keyword for a global 800.000 and a local 130.000 search results. Is it worth money? Any opinion?

Thanks

 

[Edwin]

Almost certainly not (99.9% likely).

 

[sdsinc]

The value of a domain is not defined just by search volume. There are many criteria to be considered as well.
The name should make sense and have an obvious purpose. Then some extensions are more in demand than others. if you are looking to resell domains, .eu is not the easy road.

 

[GEH]

EU domains with keywords are good!

If you want a domain name with your keywords in, and .com, co.uk or .net is not available.
But .EU is available, do buy it!

Google still considers a keyword domain as very important!

Good luck,
Guy

 

[murph]

I don't think I've ever seen a high ranking site for .eu Could just be nobody's trying!

 

[GEH]

Yes that is the problem, there are so many people saying bad things about .EU domains... but try it yourself, it really works.

My experience is that a .EU domain within Europe is as good as a .COM domain for the US

 

[Edwin]

I don't think I've ever seen a high ranking site for .eu Could just be nobody's trying!

They're not. Google has indexed just 720,000,000 pages (note that's pages, not sites) vs 12,270,000,000 for .co.uk.

 

[Sound]

http://www.europeana.eu

Also has a page rank of 10

 

[retired_member32]

this was a money making exercise that made someone money but unfortunately it's a popular choice among spammers, also google has realised this and very rarely gives this extension much thought, another way of thinking about this extension is what language would you opt for ? German, English :?:

not everybody in Europe speaks the same language ?

doomed.....doomed i tell you

 

[mspesti]

Thanks a lot boys...
Btw it was shootinggames.eu It has a huge exact search.
But sounds like is a no buy.

 

[sdsinc]

My experience is that a .EU domain within Europe is as good as a .COM domain for the US

You mean for SEO ?
In the EU ccTLDs are dominant, .eu is redundant and doesn't enjoy the same level of trust and recognition.
And traditionally everything related to the EU doesn't get good press.