Hey all,
I was thinking today about my .co.uk domain ending.
My site is owned and hosted in the UK so initially it makes sense to have a .co.uk.
But essentially I want my forum to be open to all English speaking countries.
My question is for any US members, if you were searching for a forum, then saw a .co.uk would you investigate or continue until you see a .com or .net etc.
I think having a .co.uk implies my site is UK ONLY...
What do you think?
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Domain name endings...
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- 04-21-2007 11:40 AM #1Senior Member
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- 04-21-2007 12:58 PM #2
From an audience standpoint, there may be some biase towards it as you suggest. However, there may also be a search engine biase as well.
I wouldn't choose the domain name simply because of your geography. I'd make a careful consideration based on your target audience and potential for either incentive/disincentive from a search engine bias.
- 04-21-2007 01:03 PM #3Senior Member
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- 04-21-2007 01:11 PM #4
If you're already underway and getting traffic, etc, just stick with it. Sometimes our earlier decisions take away a bit of our flexibility later - but we shouldn't sacrifice the level of success we achieve to backtrack. Highsight is always 20/20.
- 05-14-2007 03:53 AM #5Junior Member
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agree with your opinion
Originally Posted by Joe Ward 
If you're already underway and getting traffic, etc, just stick with it. Sometimes our earlier decisions take away a bit of our flexibility later - but we shouldn't sacrifice the level of success we achieve to backtrack. Highsight is always 20/20.
- 05-14-2007 12:46 PM #6Senior Member
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could you get the .com english version and put almost like a splash page and have it fowarded to your uk domain?
It may be best to not listen to anything I say for advice. :spin:
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