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About LinkBacksHi am focusing part of my current site towards UK traffic and was wondering if it would help SEO wise if i opened a UK hosting account as well as a new UK domain? and redirect it to my .com domain?
Can someone suggest a good UK hosting site
Would this help or not??
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22 May 2011, 1:34 am #1
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.com or .co.uk which is best for UK traffic?
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22 May 2011, 3:29 am #2
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Hi! If you want to run a site on .co.uk domain - this will help! I also suggest you to buy a dedicated UK IP adress. But if you redirect it to your .COM within 1-2 weeks - this will not help you.Would this help or not??
You can do like this:
Buy .co.uk domain and hosting
Develop a normal site
Do some SEO for it
After year or so, do a "301 wild card redirect" to your UK section of your main site. (You can also move all your entire site to www.example.com/uk/ ).
This will help you.
Webhosting.uk.com (please use my ref linkCan someone suggest a good UK hosting site
). And with coupon WHUKMAGIC you will get 10% discount.
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22 May 2011, 8:38 am #3
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I would agree with .co.uk as the main address........................but would also advise buying .com,.net and .org for the future!!!
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22 May 2011, 10:56 am #4
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Agreed - .co.uk will be best for you UK site.
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22 May 2011, 3:46 pm #5
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Personally I don't think it makes much difference. .co.uk obviously denotes a UK focussed site but .com is an international domain and is good for UK searchers too.
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22 May 2011, 5:29 pm #6
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.co.uk byt far... just have a look at one of the most successful bingo affiliates (BingoPort) and you will notice they choose .com eeven though it is ran by some guys downunder.
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23 May 2011, 7:09 am #7
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Yeah I am considering buying all extensions.
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23 May 2011, 11:11 am #8
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You need a .co.uk Domain Name with a UK IP
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25 May 2011, 5:42 pm #9
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I purchased gamtrak.co.uk yesterday and I'm very happy that I called to verify that it had a UK IP because it didn't.
It was a nerve racking call because first the rep said that I could NOT have a gambling site then after waiting over 10 minutes on hold she came back and quoted double the price, but did gave me a hosting account IP that was located in Europe. I purchased it via go daddy.
So don't assume because you buy .co.uk that it has a uk ip. Good luck Jamie.
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26 May 2011, 5:46 am #10
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The ip all depends on where you physically host the site. Originally Posted by GamTrak
I purchased gamtrak.co.uk yesterday and I'm very happy that I called to verify that it had a UK IP because it didn't.
It was a nerve racking call because first the rep said that I could NOT have a gambling site then after waiting over 10 minutes on hold she came back and quoted double the price, but did gave me a hosting account IP that was located in Europe. I purchased it via go daddy.
So don't assume because you buy .co.uk that it has a uk ip. Good luck Jamie.
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26 May 2011, 11:36 am #11
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The IP depends on your hosting company so if you use a British hosting company it should be not problem, but then if you use godaddy it might be impossible.
But don't you need an address in Britain to get a .co.uk domain?
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