[BNM] SEO/Domain name advice

[Andy Baker]

We've got a US host, 301's from .com, .org and .co.uk to our .org.uk and we
show up on UK hosts. I don't know if we lose any juice for US server or the
301's but we definitely appear in the rankings.

On 9/6/06, Richard Maynard <rjm at wessexnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> This might not be applicable to James' case, but here goes...
>
> I'm having problems getting listed on Google UK because our main domain
> name
> is a .com and the server is not based in the UK.  I think it is TLD and
> server location that determine which country specific Google you get into.
> Because our .co.uk and .com are identical, the .co.uk is almost completely
> ignored.
>
> I don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but I'd be wary of using
> a
> .com on a non-UK host if Google UK rankings are important.
>
> Richard.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bates [mailto:james at exit7.co.uk]
> Sent: 06 September 2006 16:08
> To: bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org
> Subject: [BNM] SEO/Domain name advice
>
> Guys,
>
> I know a few of you out there are SEO people, and wondered if you wouldn't
> mind giving me some advice...
>
> I'm currently working with a client repositioning their brand. This
> includes
> a new website, to replace the 3 individual 'sector specific' sites they
> have
> at the moment! My question is this...
>
> Their current domain is a .co.uk, and as they want to launch a more global
> proposition, we're suggesting they get a new .com domain. So their URL
> will
> change from something like...
>
> www.company.co.uk
>
> to...
> www.companyglobal.com
>
> Currently their domain ranks quite highly for a few of it's chosen
> keywords
> and the client is quite (understandably) anxious that we don't lose it's
> current ranking by creating one single site (now a .com). What can we do
> to
> minimise this?
>
> If the old URL redirects to the new one, how will that affect it's page
> rank?
>
> Any help/thoughts/suggestions appreciated.
>
>
> James
>
>
>
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