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E-Business Consultant at Dan Barker
28 February 2007 16:12pm
Other than very occasional blips (and some occasional strange things in MSN), I've never noticed a difference between UK hosted .coms & .co.uks in terms of search visibility & ranking.
However: if you are aiming for a UK audience, a .co.uk address gives instant reassurance that you are a UK provider. Therefore, your clickthroughs from search may be slightly better & your conversions slightly higher. You'll also put off overseas visitors somewhat which you may/may not want to do.
If I'm aiming at the UK, I usually buy both the .com & the .co.uk. I then set up a 301 redirect from .com to .co.uk.
I hope that helps!
daniel
Manager at Skillsite.co.uk
01 March 2007 10:46am
Andy_Davies mentioned something about possible problems with Data Protection in an earlier post by moving data from the UK to the USA. Can anyone provide any further information on this and whether it is in fact illegal. Thanks, Ben
On 16:12:10 28 February 2007 danielb wrote:
Manager at Skillsite.co.uk
01 March 2007 10:46am
Andy_Davies mentioned something about possible problems with Data Protection in an earlier post by moving data from the UK to the USA. Can anyone provide any further information on this and whether it is in fact illegal. Thanks, Ben
On 16:12:10 28 February 2007 danielb wrote:
Managing Director at True Clarity
01 March 2007 10:54am
Take a look at MalcolmWright's response. He gives a quote on the legal issues
"Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection of the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data."
Which is pretty vague.
I'd like to hear anyone's thoughts in this area?
Andy.
Commercial Director at Fathom Business Solutions Limited
01 March 2007 10:54am
See my earlier post (the one with the stars against it).
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16 July 2012 11:40am
That's a real good question. The answer is: host in the USA if that country is your target and host in the UK if the United Kingdom is your target. If you opt for the UK, your domain name should have a .co.uk domain extension. Also take care of your country preference for any specific page in Google Webmaster Tools. The more signals you send to Google about your preferences, the better it is. After all, it's NOT the smartest robot on our planet. See also http://best-inexpensive-web-hosting.com/the-truth-about-uk-web-hosting-review-sites