International TLD Differentiation Concerns
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Currently working on a project where the TLD of the parent company site is a .COM and the U.S. subsidiary is a .US. This is a first for me.
What I do know.
- Both sites must be live
- Parent (.COM) targets essentially the entire international market
- US Subsidiary (.US) targets United States only
- Concerns are even with non-duplicate content will there be confusion there with the closely related domain, just a TLD change?
Any suggestions are greatly, greatly appreciated!
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Thanks for the added insights Ricky!
This lead me down another path to do some additional research on ccTLDs. Total international SEO rabbit hole so this could be fun.
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Hi there!
Im not sure that I know the answer to this questions as it is a bit outside of my area of expertise and experience, but I figured this page may be able to provide some help.
https://sites.google.com/site/webmasterhelpforum/en/faq-internationalisation#q8
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