Comments on: For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’S http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/ NorthSouthMedia Blog Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:11:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:47:45 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-1497 [...] For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’s [...] [...] For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’s [...]

]]> By: aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:47:45 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-1496 [...] For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’s [...] [...] For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’s [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-349 admin Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:57:19 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-349 Pete, appreciate the comment, I feel for the moment I'll try and focus on the UK market more, at some point I'll experiment with the blog under the .com suffix in the future. Pete, appreciate the comment, I feel for the moment I’ll try and focus on the UK market more, at some point I’ll experiment with the blog under the .com suffix in the future.

]]> By: Peter Young http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Peter Young Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:29:27 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-348 As a number of people have said above, I guess much of it is going to come down to clear objectives. Your current target market is currently UK focussed (however in the general context, your .co.uk is going to struggle to compete in the US, AU, and other non-uk markets. As such any such decision is going to come down to long term objectives (taking any short term effects of migration from .uk to .com) , and if the plan is to provide NSMedia with a more global target market, I would suggest the .com may be a serious consideration (ie 301 the .co.uk to .com) as 1) global users associate .co.uk with UK, .com has a more global feel (albeit it with a slight US bias) 2) the geo-targeting implications. As a number of people have said above, I guess much of it is going to come down to clear objectives. Your current target market is currently UK focussed (however in the general context, your .co.uk is going to struggle to compete in the US, AU, and other non-uk markets.

As such any such decision is going to come down to long term objectives (taking any short term effects of migration from .uk to .com) , and if the plan is to provide NSMedia with a more global target market, I would suggest the .com may be a serious consideration (ie 301 the .co.uk to .com) as 1) global users associate .co.uk with UK, .com has a more global feel (albeit it with a slight US bias) 2) the geo-targeting implications.

]]> By: Hobo http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Hobo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:57:27 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-347 Tell me about it :) Tell me about it :)

]]> By: admin http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-346 admin Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:37:23 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-346 I pratically don't get any sleep as it is Shaun, and I have considered the extra marketing needed as well, yeah 2 years is a long time in Search, its taken 3 to get ourselves to here and we're still so far away from the top companies and agencies out there ... I pratically don’t get any sleep as it is Shaun, and I have considered the extra marketing needed as well, yeah 2 years is a long time in Search, its taken 3 to get ourselves to here and we’re still so far away from the top companies and agencies out there …

]]> By: Hobo http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Hobo Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:10:56 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-345 Of course it comes down to what markets and indexes you are targetting but I would spend more time on other brand building elements and additions to the blog (like content like this) rather than worry about being a .com rather than a .UK. As Andrew said, it may depend where you are in two years, but I don't consider it the area to put my efforts in at all. I'd keep as is, with a 301 from the .com to the UK, and focus on real business generating excercises in the UK. There's plenty of it. Of course it comes down to what markets and indexes you are targetting but I would spend more time on other brand building elements and additions to the blog (like content like this) rather than worry about being a .com rather than a .UK.

As Andrew said, it may depend where you are in two years, but I don’t consider it the area to put my efforts in at all.

I’d keep as is, with a 301 from the .com to the UK, and focus on real business generating excercises in the UK. There’s plenty of it.

]]> By: admin http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-344 admin Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:50:55 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-344 Cheers, for the comment Joe, I feel I might lean towards migrating the blog towards the .com version (kudos to Girdy for that) and then analysing the results before the main site is touched. Cheers, for the comment Joe, I feel I might lean towards migrating the blog towards the .com version (kudos to Girdy for that) and then analysing the results before the main site is touched.

]]> By: Joe Williams http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Joe Williams Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:27:19 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-342 I think BWelford makes a good point "depends on objectives and key markets". Migrating domains is still unpredictable, I would only recommend so if there is a clear benefit and you weigh this up with the likelihood of losing some trust, traffic and rankings from where you currently are. I think BWelford makes a good point “depends on objectives and key markets”.

Migrating domains is still unpredictable, I would only recommend so if there is a clear benefit and you weigh this up with the likelihood of losing some trust, traffic and rankings from where you currently are.

]]> By: admin http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/for-suffix-sake-how-do-you-handle-multiple-tlds/comment-page-1/#comment-335 admin Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:46:45 +0000 http://www.northsouthmedia.co.uk/blog/?p=221#comment-335 Cheers Shaun, tried to get as many point of views as possible ... never easy, esp, with my original twitter mssg. :) Cheers Shaun, tried to get as many point of views as possible … never easy, esp, with my original twitter mssg. :)

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