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p1w1

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co.uk or com
« on: June 15, 2008, 03:10:25 pm »
Hi

i was just wondering is it better to have a co.uk buisness website or .com i know the difference between the 2 but was just wondering if it really makes a difference what you have as there is .net too guess this is something ww could shed some light on as i am thinking of changing my trading name. any input would be great.

Paul

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 03:14:30 pm »
obviously .com is more international, so if you plan to expand abroad then go for .com.

If however you want to reassure you potential customers you are a british company then .co.uk is good.

having .co.uk does not mean you are obviously a smaller business, think about www.bbc.co.uk!

p1w1

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2008, 03:22:59 pm »
i would like a .co.uk address but most seem to be taken that i have tried but can get them in .net does things like this make any difference to rankings on search engines etc and would commercial clients tend to go for someone with a .co.uk address then a .net one.

paul

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2008, 03:40:54 pm »
Hi

i was just wondering is it better to have a co.uk buisness website or .com i know the difference between the 2 but was just wondering if it really makes a difference what you have as there is .net too guess this is something ww could shed some light on as i am thinking of changing my trading name. any input would be great.

Paul
It makes no difference at all, give me a call if you want to have a chat about it and I will give you some pointers.


Ian

Art

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2008, 04:54:41 pm »
Hi

i was just wondering is it better to have a co.uk buisness website or .com i know the difference between the 2 but was just wondering if it really makes a difference what you have as there is .net too guess this is something ww could shed some light on as i am thinking of changing my trading name. any input would be great.

Paul
It makes no difference at all, give me a call if you want to have a chat about it and I will give you some pointers.


Ian

Ian , i thought it did make a difference. It certainly does with my sites. Could you explain please mate. I must be missing something.

Arthur

Jeff Brimble

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2008, 05:08:07 pm »
There is also .biz  :)

Jimmy1

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2008, 05:39:51 pm »
Ive got .co.uk but also bought .com and have it re-directed (free) to my .co.uk site.

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2008, 05:53:56 pm »
Hi

i was just wondering is it better to have a co.uk buisness website or .com i know the difference between the 2 but was just wondering if it really makes a difference what you have as there is .net too guess this is something ww could shed some light on as i am thinking of changing my trading name. any input would be great.

Paul
It makes no difference at all, give me a call if you want to have a chat about it and I will give you some pointers.


Ian

Ian , i thought it did make a difference. It certainly does with my sites. Could you explain please mate. I must be missing something.

Arthur
Art not sure what you want me to explain but I will say what I think you are asking, .com.net.org are international domain names (including the uk) .co.uk is a uk domain name run by nominet as is .org.uk
anything .org was based at charities now anyone can register what they like.

there is not really any difference, some people that no very little about the internet will type in .com uk and vice versa.


I have quite a many many domain names they include .com's .nets. .co.uk .org.uk, .biz and .info

A very good .com domain has far more value then any other domain name I know this as I sold thousands of every domain name that people know about apart from .biz and .info as I stopped before they came out.

as for .com v .co.uk I would go for the .co.uk for window cleaning if only in uk both if they are available I would recommend getting them both.
as for online marketing 1 v the other has pitfalls and benifits but overall to be honest makes veryt little difference.

Not much more I can say on this Art.

final word if you can get the .co.uk do so if you can get both great.


Ian

Art

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2008, 07:03:23 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2008, 07:24:12 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur
with a quick look none say uk  ::)

Art

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2008, 07:34:15 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur
with a quick look none say uk  ::)

You've lost me  :-\ What don't say UK?

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2008, 07:37:45 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleno your site does not have this on itaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur
with a quick look none say uk  ::)

You've lost me  :-\ What don't say UK?
cannot see uk on your site anywhere is what I am even the parts you cant see

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2008, 07:53:50 pm »
.com is easier to say and remember than .co.uk


do you know anything about the internet and the uk users ??

I heard that said 12 years ago also heard intenet will not work  ::)

Art

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2008, 07:58:15 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleno your site does not have this on itaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur
with a quick look none say uk  ::)

You've lost me  :-\ What don't say UK?
cannot see uk on your site anywhere is what I am even the parts you cant see

On google Ian there's 2 search options one for all of the web and one for uk sites only  ::)

I thought you would know that

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2008, 08:02:21 pm »
Thanks Ian, that wasn't what i was getting at.

Try this on google: type in "office cleno your site does not have this on itaners slough" with "the web" option, both my sites are on page one.
Now try it with the "pages from the uk " option, it's only my .co.uk site that is on page one.

Arthur
with a quick look none say uk  ::)

You've lost me  :-\ What don't say UK?
cannot see uk on your site anywhere is what I am even the parts you cant see

On google Ian there's 2 search options one for all of the web and one for uk sites only  ::)

I thought you would know that
Art6 I use both google.com and .co.uk please  ::) I do now how to use google a little  ;)

Art

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2008, 08:09:38 pm »
Search:  the web *  pages from the UK *

It gives you either of the 2 above options and it's got nothing to do with google.com or google.co.uk they both end up one the same site.


Are you with me now  ;D

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2008, 08:11:20 pm »
.com is easier to say and remember than .co.uk


do you know anything about the internet and the uk users ??

I heard that said 12 years ago also heard intenet will not work  ::)



No not much Ian, but it is easier to say less of a mouthful, try it  ;D
that was not a dig at you just a question Ewan, I read alot of your posts  ;)

I personally just be myself, works for me and seems to help quite a few also  ;D

Ian


p.s Art add UK on your site and the part that you dont see

TennetClean

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2008, 08:20:45 pm »
personally I would go for .co.uk

there's nothing worse than to be looking at a site and wondering if it is american or not.

If you are .co.uk then theres no doubt its british and therefore relevant.

Just my humble opinion
My friends call me Tuppence Clean

nat

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Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2008, 08:22:51 pm »
I'm with tennant on this, but i would purchase both .com and .co.uk to stop anyone else using my name

Re: co.uk or com
« Reply #19 on: June 15, 2008, 08:27:16 pm »
I agree with both of you  ;) as said in earlier post