.co.uk or .com/another extn - Your Preference?

[Leaflets-Distribution]

Business/website owners - what has always been your preference when registering a domain name for your site(s)?

.co.uk, .com, .net, .org, .biz or another?

Personally, I have always registered .com based domains. Rightly or wrongly, I have always valued that extn far higher than anything else. The .co.uk is nice being that it normally always indicates a UK based set-up but I have always tended to steer clear of the uk .tld.

Your thoughts?

 

[robertt]

British Internet users are six times more likely to choose a .co.uk rather than .com address when looking for information via an Internet search engine"

"62% believe a .co.uk address suggests a company is local or more relevant than a .com"

Source: Nominet Domain Name Industry Report

 

[Astaroth]

Buy both but which one to use will depend on target market etc.

 

[Dogsbody]

Buy both and have them linked together so that anyone doing the .com comes to the .co.uk or vice-versa> Seeemples.

 

[Alex C.]

both ideally - however, I'd market the .co.uk

I used to always go for .com domains but I realised that whenever I see a .co.uk in search results I'm more likely to pick it - I know if it's a .com it could be a UK company, but if it's a .co.uk then it's almost certainly a UK company

 

[danielmeade]

Speaking form a branding point of view, you'll do best to register several of the top domains. .com .co.uk .net .org etc.

That way you can be sure to protect your brand as well as having the ability to capture those customers that type in a different extension to your domain.

 

[akirk]

we advise differently according to the nature of our customer...

there is a difference between a company focusing on a local market / international market.

we advice to buy both, but use dominantly according to target market

paranoia levels regarding other vairants depend on the business, some folks we have will also register common mis-spellings...

Alasdair

 

[savmot]

If it's for a business I buy .co.uk purely because as a customer I don't click on .coms when I shop online. I assume they are american and I'm to lazy to actually click on it and check out whether they're selling stuff for dollars or gbp

 

[TheBAB]

I would certainly buy both to protect the name. However, don't go too mad. Ultimately, SEO will mean one domain stands tall above all others. Buying .net. .euro etc. will just be a waste of money in my opinion...

 

[kontracta_com]

Another vote for both. It's unlikely that we'll ever bother venturing outside of these TLDs.

 

[yooneeq]

.com is always the first thing you naturally go to type into your search bar.
Personally .com and .co.uk where possible. The others i think are a waste of money unless you are getting to prevent others from trying to steal your thunder.