.org or .info or .ork.uk?

jj1 · Jan 12, 2010

the .co.uk domain name I want has gone. For a UK company looking to sell to Uk customers, which is the next best bet for SEO purposes:

keyword.info
keyword.org
keyword.org.uk

Are any of these as good as a .co.uk for seo puropses??

Would appreciate any feedback before contacting customer.

Systreg · Jan 12, 2010

org.uk by far, plenty of well ranked org.uk's around.

bensd · Jan 12, 2010

I would go for the .org.uk

boxerdog · Jan 12, 2010

yep .org.uk

jj1 · Jan 12, 2010

Many thanks all. Will pass feedback back to customer.

Lucky Luke · Jan 14, 2010

Doesn't anyone here like .info???

retired_member13 · Jan 14, 2010

Lucky Luke said:
Doesn't anyone here like .info???

Have you ever seen a .info in UK SERPs for a UK centric search? I haven't.

I guess that's why no-one likes them.

Lucky Luke · Jan 14, 2010

cheers Ty_ - you tell it as it is!

Takwa · Jan 14, 2010

go for .org.uk but you also want .org to redirect to .org.uk forget about .info

RSK3000 · Jan 16, 2010

Yes but SEO is just part of the story.

Ranking highly in the search engines is one thing, but getting customers to click through is another. In my opinion, something like eCoffee.co.uk for a coffee retailer site is better than coffee.org.uk , even for the UK market. I would say, from a SEO point of view go for the .org.uk - but interms of building a business, a short brandable memorable .com or .co.uk should not be ruled out.

newguy · Jan 16, 2010

If those are the only three options, then I'd definitely go with .org.uk . .info and .org don't have any UK advantage. If yu're only or primarily trying to appeal t a uk Market then org.uk every time.

mat · Jan 17, 2010

.ork.uk............

DarrenTSO · Jan 21, 2010

Personally, would much rather have the .org than the .org.uk. You can target the UK in Google Webmaster Tools and also by having hosting with a UK company. There are very few .orgs available where the .org.uk isn't available, so you may as well get both just in case.

In any case, should you ever need to sell the domain, the .org will have international value whereas the .org.uk will only ever be marketable to the UK.