Uk.net

[Domain Wizard]

Are these ever worth registering in your opinion? Appreciate they're not anywhere as good as a .co.uk or org.uk but if there's a really good name would you consider registering?

 

[retired_member21]

I really wouldn't consider it unless it was absolutely premium. Main reasons for me are added cost of renewals and it's quite a hard extension to remember for word of mouth etc. Not sure about the SEO benefits in UK search but I'd opt for a .co.uk over it every time

 

[Domain Wizard]

I really wouldn't consider it unless it was absolutely premium. Main reasons for me are added cost of renewals and it's quite a hard extension to remember for word of mouth etc. Not sure about the SEO benefits in UK search but I'd opt for a .co.uk over it every time

Oh I agree fully and wouldn't purchase unless everything else was taken but the word I'm looking at has over 5,000,000 searches a month so is a really premium name so figure it might be worth doing, perhaps to develop instead of sell.

 

[Nick11380]

It sounds like you're looking at broad searches and not exact.

As for the SEO of a .uk.net, I've worked with a bunch of .uk.nets and .uk.coms - the website as a whole will rank just as well as any other .co.uk or .org.uk - however the 'exact match' term gets very little weight.

 

[aZooZa]

Steer well clear.

 

[sdsinc]

I would not even want a .uk.com.
Be aware these are private subdomains, not real domain names.

 

[Domain Wizard]

Thanks for the advice, I'll stay away.

 

[Nick11380]

I would stay away if possible but for me there are definitely arguments for using a .uk.net (can any of the people above expand on their feedback?)

There are a lot of decent names out there that could form a strong brand online - despite the relatively unknown extension. But with pretty much every decent .co.uk and .org.uk being taken their popularity is only going to increase. A short, catchy .uk.net beats any dodgy-hyphenated-org-uk for me.