Domain Question

[eGambler]

Hi All,

Just wondering from the experts how much of a problem would it be only have the .co.uk domain?

I'm trying to decide if i should target it 100% to UK people or try targetting it for uk and people outside the uk but all on the .co.uk domain?

Do you think it would put off none uk surfers?

Thanks!

[Tony]

You could try like every one here .com for US and the new .eu.uk for Europe

[eGambler]

Hi,

The .com version of my .co.uk I cant get unless I pay $10,000 so i dont really want to go spending that until I've got the .co.uk making money but I wondering will I be limiting myself by only using the .co.uk and getting uk traffic?

Where would you say most of traffic is for surfers looking to go on casinos?

Thanks

[Base]

This will give you an idea of where searches are coming from on google


Keyword: casino
http://www.google.com/trends?q=casino

Keyword: Poker
http://www.google.com/trends?q=poker...ate=all&sort=0

Keyword: Online casino
http://www.google.com/trends?q=onlin...ate=all&sort=0

keyword: online poker
http://www.google.com/trends?q=onlin...ate=all&sort=0

I'm surprised South Africa is leading the pack when it comes to casinos, I had no idea.

[Betpartners]

.co.uk name is fine

content is king not domain name

[Doolally]

.co.uk name is fine

content is king not domain name

I agree, I have a few .co.uk targeting purely the UK market and it's not a problem. I don't believe I lose much traffic to the .com version of my names either.

[raphnix]

My blog's domain is also .co.uk but I target my traffics from anywhere. Local UK SEs must be ranking my site higher but I tend to target more other than UK, so it's not really an issue if your domain contains such local labelling.