Popular websites that have switched to .uk

[markb]

Does anyone know any popular websites that have already switched to .uk or are in the process.

The only one I noticed was StephenFry.uk which changed a few hours ago , not sure how he managed to switch it so quickly. I've registered a few .uk domains for existing sites I own with 1&1 internet at 9 this morning and they are still in the process of being registered.

 

[stevebrowne]

Does anyone know any popular websites that have already switched to .uk or are in the process.

The only one I noticed was StephenFry.uk which changed a few hours ago , not sure how he managed to switch it so quickly. I've registered a few .uk domains for existing sites I own with 1&1 internet at 9 this morning and they are still in the process of being registered.

Haven't seen any yet; but I registered one of mine earlier and it took about 5 minutes to appear on WHOIS.

 

[diablo]

Does anyone know any popular websites that have already switched to .uk or are in the process.

The only one I noticed was StephenFry.uk which changed a few hours ago , not sure how he managed to switch it so quickly. I've registered a few .uk domains for existing sites I own with 1&1 internet at 9 this morning and they are still in the process of being registered.

Stephen Fry was working with Nominet - his switch was part of the launch publicity.

 

[rhaigh]

The only one I noticed was StephenFry.uk which changed a few hours ago

I think that widespread adoption of ".uk" is a formality really, however it will take time for the majority to "come on-board".

Stephen Fry, as the cleverest man in the world, both currently and throughout all of recorded history, is very influential online and I would think that his early-adoption (of .uk) will cause many others to think it's a "jolly good idea"...

 

[Whois-Search]

www.godaddy.uk

 

[RobM]

I tried to register a couple today but wasn't allowed (outside UK). Will have to look at using a UK address I guess.

 

[markb]

www.godaddy.uk

Thanks, they havent switch from .co.uk to .uk though. Its just a redirect to their uk.godaddy.com domain.

I'm interested in seeing big sites that have actually changed from their .co.uk to their .uk domain. It will be interesting to see how many do and what the effects are on their search engine rankings.

 

[mat]

But Stephen Fry did not actualy switch from the .co.uk?

From what I can see he had the .co.uk with nothing on it and still does?

 

[mat]

It looks like he has a redirect from his .com to the .uk, not from the .co.uk

Also forgot to redirect the forum etc...

http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/
http://www.stephenfry.uk/forum/

 

[mat]

Sounds like aload of crap to me

Do it properly or dont do it

 

[markb]

But Stephen Fry did not actualy switch from the .co.uk?

From what I can see he had the .co.uk with nothing on it and still does?

He never switched from the .co.uk, I believe he switched from .com to .uk. The thing with Stephens website/blog is that he probably never got much organic search engine traffic to his blog, I presume the majority where people searching for "Stephen Fry". So switching to .uk isnt that much of a big deal anyway.

He does however seem to have redirected all his individual pages over, for example if you click on the link below, it redirects to his .uk domain.

http://www.stephenfry.com/2013/08/07/an-open-letter-to-david-cameron-and-the-ioc/

 

[mat]

Maybe he might be the first .uk to get penalised by Google for duplicate content aswell?

 

[bulkcorn]

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I have a small blog running at www.dropcomfor.uk and @dropcomforuk on twitter. Not having blogged before I'd appreciate comments and pointers by email.

Would you care to explain the benefits of dropping a .com for a .uk :???:, before I send you any 'pointers'! :lol:

 

[StudioVision]

I switched around noon and it was up and running within minutes. I have my own tag though if that makes any difference?

 

[Jamie101]

Looks like the few people/companies that actually got a .uk are just redirecting to the co.uk.

I know it's too early now to say it for definite, but this looks like a flop.

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[bulkcorn]

Looks like the few people/companies that actually got a .uk are just redirecting to the co.uk.

I know it's too early now to say it for definite, but this looks like a flop.

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It's too early. It's only just gone 12 hours since the launch! :lol: It will take time. I'd give it a year.

 

[bulkcorn]

Obviously one wouldn't actually drop the .com from registration. It would remain registered. However .uk is shorter than .com and for .com web sites that predominantly target UK customers, and taking into account the trust element that end users reportedly have for .co.uk, perhaps some businesses will make the switch and begin promoting .uk 2LD's (particularly when they are the registrant of the matching .co.uk) rather than their .com.

Yes, boss! :lol: :lol: I was only pulling your leg as to why!

 

[Edwin]

http://www.fasthosts.uk/ (Alexa UK rank #310)

They're using both that and the .co.uk to serve up the same site rather than redirecting - I presume they will plump for one or the other soon to avoid duplicate content penalties.

 

[diablo]

I know it's too early now to say it for definite, but this looks like a flop.

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Far too early to talk about it being a flop.

Ten million .uk domain names are reserved for people and Nominet aren't contacting them until next month. Then they have five years to exercise the option.

 

[Edwin]

All the following sites (within Alexa's top 500 UK sites) have registered the UK. None have (yet) switched to using it exclusively.

FastHosts.uk
HeartInternet.uk
Sainsburys.uk
Just-Eat.uk
Maplin.uk
O2.uk
Orange.uk
Santander.uk
TripAdvisor.uk
TopCashback.uk
Zoopla.uk

That's 11 out of the 102 sites that are within the list I have of Alexa top sites. However, the Whois is taking a while to update, so there may be more .uk registered than that...