.com or .co.uk
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We're lunching a new site and we've managed to secure desired domain name with .com and .co.uk
The business in question is UK based and is catering for UK customers. We're not interested in foreign traffic. Should we go with .com or .co.uk? .com sounds much better and I think it will be easier to build a brand using .com
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I wouldn't do that. I would use ALL my time focusing only on one site. Besides they are probably going to have the same c-block.
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I agree 100%.
To me it comes down to branding and 301 one domain to the other.
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how about using the .com to promote the co.uk?
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There really is no correct answer to the .co.uk/.com debate.
In truth it depends on your target audience, there is a lot of research out there which suggests that uk based users prefer .co.uk domain names
In my opinion it depends a lot on how you see the brand developing and if you think it would benefit from the global perception that a .com can offer.
If its any help to you, in the circumstances you have outlined above 9 times out of 10 I would headline with the .co.uk domain name, just make sure you either 301 or rel=canonical the .com to the .co.uk (or vice versa if you go with .com)
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