org.uk v co.uk

[pendragon]

Over the past few months, I've been steadily registering a few org.uk keyword names with good exact search. I've put aff sites up on a few of them and I'm pleased to say the sales are already coming in.

I know co.uk is king, but the org.uk is massively underrated imho.If set up right, they can be equally as effective. The only downside is joe public doesnt readily type in org.uk as an extension.

I have an org.uk selling simaler products to the co.uk, yet my org is ranked higher than the co for the specific term in goog.

Perhaps if more users accepted orgs and stop shying away from them, they will become more common in the publics eye and org.uk will become a natural second type in if the co.uk resolves to nowhere ??

 

[accelerator]

I know co.uk is king, but the org.uk is massively underrated imho.If set up right, they can be equally as effective. The only downside is joe public doesnt readily type in org.uk as an extension.

I would say Joe Public doesn't type in .co.uk much as an extension either ... I reckon type in traffic is normally pretty low in comparison to Google search traffic.

I'm a fan of .org.uk as well, they are just fine for affiliate sites.

Rgds

 

[Systreg]

I never type words in to a browser, if I want to find something, I use Google, but even if I did type something in to my browser, say "football", that takes me to Google after clicking enter using Opera browser, so no type in possible even if I wanted to.

Org.uk's are perfectly good for ranking and for aff sites, I've seen some ranking higher than some of my .co.uk's, but then I don't have anything in the way of written site content on my sites and I don't really do any seo, so that probably explains a lot.

 

[Americar]

I never type words in to a browser, if I want to find something, I use Google, but even if I did type something in to my browser, say "football", that takes me to Google after clicking enter using Opera browser, so no type in possible even if I wanted to.

Org.uk's are perfectly good for ranking and for aff sites, I've seen some ranking higher than some of my .co.uk's, but then I don't have anything in the way of written site content on my sites and I don't really do any seo, so that probably explains a lot.

Let me get this straight .. if you are looking for football you would search Google .. there are only 60,100,000 results for football on Goog UK, you wouldn't type-in football.co.uk which would appear to be a site about football .. actually owned by an Acorn member ...

Where-as "football.org.uk" with double inverted comma's has 22,800 results for "football.org.uk". 929,000 for football.org.uk without comma's .. Thats the only way to find football.org.uk is with extension .. other wise plough through nearly one million results on Google UK ....

Strange ...

 

[Systreg]

Let me get this straight .. if you are looking for football you would search Google

Football was just an example, but yes, spot on, I use Google UK and always search on "pages from the UK" to cut out sites from overseas etc, football was just an example, but no matter what I'm looking for, I use Google, nothing strange about it, it's a search engine, it's what it's for.

Just because football.co.uk might appear that it might be a site about football, that's not always the case, many generic domains just have parked pages, there is also the safety aspect, I'm not going to a random site that I don't know, for all I know it's infected with keyloggers or other crap.

 

[Americar]

<<Just because football.co.uk might appear that it might be a site about football, that's not always the case, many generic domains just have parked pages, there is also the safety aspect, I'm not going to a random site that I don't know, for all I know it's infected with keyloggers or other crap. >>

Google won't give you protection from hitting on an infected site ... your a domainer i presume .. be bold type-em-in .. thats what domainers do ...

 

[Systreg]

your a domainer i presume .. be bold type-em-in .. thats what domainers do ...

Being a domainer has nothing at all to do with typing a name in, Google does what I need, if I want football results, it gives them to me at the top of the results, so no need for me to suddenly start typing names in, and as I said before, type in does not work on my browser anyway, it takes me to Google, not to a site.

 

[doodlebug]

As I said before, type in does not work on my browser anyway, it takes me to Google, not to a site.

I only have Opera on my phone but if you can't type a url straight into the browser bar then I think you should swap to FF or IE.

 

[Systreg]

I think you should swap to FF or IE.

IE? You having a laugh mate? I wouldn't touch IE with a bargepole. FF is ok but I find it very slow and clunky and stopped using it ages ago, although it's still on my laptop, but as above, why would I want to type a name in when I can Google something and get exactly what I require?

 

[retired_member12]

If you're thinking about reselling a meuk, see if the orguk is for sale, and same up the tree for the couk. Maybe, even the com, as many buyers are savvy enough to recognise the stronger merits of one over another. You might have a long wait if they're all in front of your 'me'!!

 

[willbon]

Does that mean the Nominet rules for .org.uk are to be taken liberally and their 'suggestion' will never be 'sured up'?.... or is it a case of making hay while the sun shines with the .org.uk's?

Specific Rules for registration in the .org.uk SLD

8.2. SLD Charter

Registrants in .org.uk are intended to be not-for-profit or public service enterprises, and a Third Level Domain within this SLD is intended to be related to these enterprises and their activities. These may include, as non-exhaustive examples, charities, trades unions, political parties, community groups, educational councils, and professional institutions.

 

[Skinner]

I was about to post the lack of dedication from Nominet regarding .me/org.uk use is what stops me regging more.

I have only bought 3-4 over the last 4 years off someone else, and regged maybe 10 extra because I don't want my money flushed.

 

[expertc]

"intended to" is not equal to "restricted to"

Spoon is “intended to” eating with, but it is not illegal to hang it on the wall as a room decoration

 

[Skinner]

Yeah, which is why I own a few but it still concerns me that nominet CAN change it and say "well it was in the rules, so now we are tightening up", they could also go the other way too.

Are you willing to sink thousands in and wait to find out ?

 

[julian]

not strange, pretty obvious really

Let me get this straight .. if you are looking for football you would search Google .. there are only 60,100,000 results for football on Goog UK, you wouldn't type-in football.co.uk which would appear to be a site about football .. actually owned by an Acorn member ...

Where-as "football.org.uk" with double inverted comma's has 22,800 results for "football.org.uk". 929,000 for football.org.uk without comma's .. Thats the only way to find football.org.uk is with extension .. other wise plough through nearly one million results on Google UK ....

Strange ...

 

[retired_member12]

JAL _org_uk, registered to an overseas limited (profit making) company, Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. It remains not directed. How does Nominet deal with that, they're not profiting from it, but they shouldn't have it according to Nominet rules? Who knows whether Japan even has Not-For-Profit companies in the same context as the UK.

MARK _org_uk, registered to a UK limited company, HODGES TECHNOLOGIES. It's set up, but not for the company (on first glance). Not profiting from it from what can be seen, but again they shouldn't have it according strictly to Nominet rules. How does Nominet deal with that one?

 

[bensd]

Have a read of this thread:

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/66378-org-uk-domains-legally-o-k-use-2.html

 

[HariSeldon]

Let me get this straight .. if you are looking for football you would search Google .. you wouldn't type-in football.co.uk which would appear to be a site about football

I've said this before on AD but type-ins are massively overrated by domainers in my opinion.

Very few people type a URL into a browser, almost everyone uses a search engine even for sites they use regularly.

 

[Skinner]

All well and good, but if I have learned one thing in life, its this, the giant black rubber dong is hidden in the small print and details, and its just waiting... counting the minutes until you bend over for the soap.

While there exists this WRITTEN potential noose, I'll stick with the bit of rope that's too short, thanks

Have a read of this thread:

http://www.acorndomains.co.uk/general-board/66378-org-uk-domains-legally-o-k-use-2.html

 

[vizzo]

I always go for .co.uk if I can but there is no reason to believe that .org.uk will do less well in search. Notwithstanding what .org.uk's are supposed to be used for, obviously a bricks and mortar business is going to want to use the .co.uk. However, for online businesses/sites I can't see any disadvantage in .org.uk.

In fact I predict that as people are increasingly unable to get keywordstheywant.co.uk or keywords-they-want.co.uk, .org.uk's will become more popular.