Geo-specific TLD, Hosting and Regional SEO

**saranorwood48** · 12-30-2010, 08:37 AM

Can anybody help me understand how important TLD is? If my target market is UK, should I use .co.uk domains only OR I can use .com domains as well. I know I can but does that hurt ranking?

Also, does it matter where my websites are hosted?

Thanks in advance.

**OClife** · 12-30-2010, 06:31 PM

BUMP, i'm also interested in hearing some advice on this. I think it can help with "local" searches for SERP in Google; like where it shows local business'/places.

But there are plenty of ways to identify a certain region with your .com,, so I'm not sure if its "worth" it, because I would say that the .com is just a more legitimate domain from the start and could impact credibility when first building/advertising your site.

**homecaredomains** · 02-18-2011, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by JerrickYeoh

If your market is target only in UK, then i will suggest you for .UK
If your market is target on global, then i suggest you to go for .com
Beside that if you want to work on SEO, then .com is much more easier to target.

Dot com is king the rest are garbage extensions.