Author: James Ashburner Date: To: Alan Pope, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Choosing a domain name - .com vs .co.uk
Alan Pope wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 03:30:30PM +0000, Mark Johnson wrote:
>> Richard Harrison wrote:
>>>
>>> Forgive me if this is a bit abstract...
>>>
>>> Say you want to register a internet domain name, and both .com and
>>> .co.uk are available, is there a reason to go for one over the other?
>>>
>>> My instinct is that, for a UK firm looking for local business, .com
>>> suggests something 'whizzy' and new, whereas .co.uk suggests something
>>> more established and permanent.
>> Officially, .com implies you are an international commercial
>> organisation, wheras .co.uk implies that you are a UK-based commercial
>> organisation.
>>
>> Of course, how they're interpreted varies from person to person, but my
>> personal perception would be that if a UK company registers a .com
>> domain even though they don't trade internationally, it looks
>> unprofessional.
>>
>
> I generally don't care what the tld is on a domain. These days it's more to do with
> availability than anything. For example a year ago when I registered my Limited company the
> only domain available which matched the name of my company was .ltd.uk . I haven't seen any
> other company use that tld, but I don't really care because I don't use it for anything other
> than email.
>
> If I wanted to have a web presence I'd probably go for a .com over a .co.uk.
>
> (if the bastards that are currently squatting on it dropped their price by ~£5K!)
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>
If it helps at all, our hardware maintenance company (ATM) is on a
.ltd.uk domain :)
