Exact match .com vs reordered .co.uk (for targeting uk)

[baldidiot]

Just wanted to get some opinions on which domain to use for a new project - both domains were registered at the same time and I already have them, I'm just trying to figure out which would be better.

The site is specifically targeting the UK and has "UK" in the domain. I don't want to give away the domain at the moment, so lets call the .com:

BestBlueOrangesUK.com

This domain is an exact match with a small number of monthly searches (around 40). However the first three words and the last three words have some search traffic:

Best Blue Oranges = 720
Blue Oranges UK = 1300

Alternatively I could use:

BestUKBlueOranges.co.uk

Same words, just a different order so no exact match but it's a .co.uk.

Any opinions?

[thebookiesoffers]

personally i'd go down the .co.uk route myself, or maybe .org.uk is available? can you get a .uk site without the UK in the domain as well?

if you want to go down the .com road though make sure your servers are located in the UK, you have google webmaster tools set to target the UK and get mainly .co.uk links when starting out, well .uk links anyway. I'd probably put UK in the title tags as well if using .com

[baldidiot]

Actually the .org.uk is available in the exact match - that hadn't even occured to me. Thanks mate.