For a UK business where there is no .co.uk or .com opportunity, is it better to have a .net address or would .uk.com be better? Or no difference...This company is UK focussed only.
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We have a niche keyword domain possibility but I am not sure which way, if any, is better.
The .com and .co.uk options are not available but there are various other ones - including .org, .net, .uk.com. Is there any domain/seo benefit of one version over another?
Any thought gratefully received..
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Appreciate your response... many thanks
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Thanks for the feeback. I will look for a uk url...
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I would say that it is more important to have a direct match (keyword) domain name with a .uk inclusion. If a .co.uk or .com isn't available then any other .uk domain in my opinion would be the best way forward.
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I would say there is little benefit at all to anything other then a .co.uk or .com exact match domain.
If I was to choose anything I would probably go with .org.uk.
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