It's one thing getting the domain for a few euros... but factoring in time spent and money it would need to make it rank, I really can't see how it a viable route? If every extension is gone, it tells you something about the competitive nature of the SERP for that keyword. With an .eu domain you'd be looking at thousands on links (or some bloody good PR) to get anywhere close.
The point about ranking in Foreign results doesn't really come in to play here? Since Alien is talking specifically about targeting the UK SERP's? Besides which, .eu domains have a similar weight in France, Germany, Spain etc as they do in the UK - very little.
And even if they did, you'd need strong knowledge of the market and language in order to convert any traffic.
well.
if you're going to build any site, it takes time, more than money, which is money too of course
we all build more sites that don't make much than do! it's all part of learning. some become successes, most don't
if there is a high uk search and it's in europe, theres a good chance, many other countries are searching for it
the fact it's in europe (lets say the paris example) then theres a very good chance theres high english searches too. from canada, america, other english speaking parts, expats abroad etc
so site can still be in english
i think the .eu would do fine because the location is in the eu
you can go down the brandable .co.uk route but then you're adding on another word and the extension is twice as long
or pay x,xxx for the exact match. no thanks
try it and see . i do all the time.
if I'm just targeting the uk then thats different, however sometimes i have picked up other extension, gtlds for regfee and perform ok
obviously .com, .co.uk and .org.uk all perform best on the uk serps
