.org instead of .uk affecting google ranking?

andrew hodgson Bronze
ribble valley hog roast

07 March 2007 19:02pm

hi i made the mistake of getting a .org instead of a .co or .com domain name does anyone know if this will affect my google rating , THANKS ANDREW
dan barker Bronze
E-Business Consultant at Dan Barker

08 March 2007 10:22am
hi, Andrew,
You don't give much background, so I'll keep this fairly general. If you post a few more details (perhaps give the site address? how long's it been around? what's triggered you to worry about thsi?) I'll try and help out more.
org is best if:
- your site isn't heavily sales-focused
- you're targetting north america/various regions
but, it's not bad at all for the uk. Thousands of others have had great success. For example, do a google 'pages from the uk' search for site:org.
if you're using .org & to target the UK:
A couple of things to maximise your chances of success if you are solely focused on the UK:
- include 'UK' in your title tags, to make sure you don't miss out on search clicks from those who might otherwise assume you're elsewhere
- host your site in the UK as (though your rankings may be slightly lower than a .co.uk, everything else being equal) you will still appear in a 'pages from the UK' search
Hope that's of some use,
daniel
andrew hodgson Bronze
ribble valley hog roast

08 March 2007 12:34pm

hi i did it all very cheap ie, built it on Tripod, and hosted it with 'freeparking'

and used .com cos it was cheaper, before realising how important this is for my business, though i dont want to spend lots of money on hosting etc,

i was told that it is masked

uses frames

and .co.uk maybe better

i am trying to unmask my site at freeparking

but was considering moving to host 1&1

was told hosting is better than parking

so i have the choice of registrar transfer or just DNS transfer

or should i just build a new site and get a new domain name from 1&1

any help would be most appreciated. my head is sore!

www.hog-roast.org.uk

http://ogster35.tripod.com
Dixon Jones Platinum
Managing Director at Receptional Ltd

08 March 2007 12:42pm

"but was considering moving to host 1&1"
1&1's datacenters are in Germany. Don't put a .com targetted at the UK on 1&1 if you want organic search traffic.
dan barker Bronze
E-Business Consultant at Dan Barker

08 March 2007 13:52pm
hi, Andrew,
this is a .org.uk, not a .org. They are very different things! You should have no problem whatsoever with google UK rankings using this (not because of the .org.uk anyway). Though the other issues you mention will harm your search results:
1. yep, get rid of the free hosting
2. avoid framed masking
3. if this is your main business & the website is integral to that, i'd recommend getting someone to sort out both the hosting issue & the design of the site
feel free to drop me an email (address is in my profile) if you'd like any help/suggestions with that.
daniel
andrew hodgson Bronze
ribble valley hog roast

18 March 2007 03:21am
hi daniel was wondering how to get in touch with you again? sorry if you are busy

maybe you were just looking for business? fair enough if you were.

andrew

On 13:52:52 8 March 2007 danielb wrote:
hi, Andrew,
this is a .org.uk, not a .org. They are very different things! You should have no problem whatsoever with google UK rankings using this (not because of the .org.uk anyway). Though the other issues you mention will harm your search results:
1. yep, get rid of the free hosting
2. avoid framed masking
3. if this is your main business & the website is integral to that, i'd recommend getting someone to sort out both the hosting issue & the design of the site
feel free to drop me an email (address is in my profile) if you'd like any help/suggestions with that.
daniel