International domain query
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my client is a financial services company with some ccTLDs for brand name but does not own the .com eg:
brandname.ch, brandname.ro etc
we need to launch a brand UK site plus a global site. should we go for another name on the .com:
brandname_financial.com_, and:
brandname_financial.ch_, brandname_financial.ro_ etc
or could we go for instead brandname.uk.com and brandname.eu.com?
i'm worried the owner of brandname.com will build a site and out rank us.....however the alternative is a longer url but owning the .com
hope that makes sense and any advice would be gladly received!
Many thanks
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No, the owner of brandname.com will not necessarily outrank your client.If they are an established brand, they will have a lot of natural links from a
If the client owns the trademark, they can go through the WIPO process to get that domain.
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