.com or .co.uk for british traffic / google.co.uk?

[A Priest]

Any thoughts on whether google and other big search engines take into account your top level domain when listing? If I were targetting UK traffic would a .co.uk domain get me a higher listing on google.co.uk - or does that only work if the surfer ticks the "pages in the uk" option?

Confused.

[maxdaforce]

my co.uk's seem to show up very quickly in google and i always prefer them if i am promoting a uk themed blog.

Any thoughts on whether google and other big search engines take into account your top level domain when listing? If I were targetting UK traffic would a .co.uk domain get me a higher listing on google.co.uk - or does that only work if the surfer ticks the "pages in the uk" option?

Confused.

[onlytease]

If you want to get a good listing with google.co.uk you need to have your site hosted in the uk. If you site is hosted in the US it will affect your google.co.uk listing.

[SmithsMedia]

If you want to get a good listing with google.co.uk you need to have your site hosted in the uk. If you site is hosted in the US it will affect your google.co.uk listing.

agreed but you cant host adult in the UK from what I understand its not legal :-(

[JT]

agreed but you cant host adult in the UK from what I understand its not legal :-(


Hosting adult in the UK isn't a legal issue, its a cost issue. You'll probably still get charged £1 a gig in bandwith if you use any volume

[A Priest]

hmmm so logically most people will be hosting in the US or at least, not in the UK so effectively the playing field is still level. I guess its more of a question of whether or not .co.uk is basically considered by Brits to be the 'web' or whether .com still is king?

In my opinion .co.uk is probably just as widely known and accepted as .com BUT my opinion and a typical surfers could be and probably is totally different. Im no more certain on this issue than i was yesterday, but its food for thought.

[SmithsMedia]

Hosting adult in the UK isn't a legal issue, its a cost issue. You'll probably still get charged £1 a gig in bandwith if you use any volume

I asked a UK hosting company and yes there were pricey though they said if it was same as top shelf style porn it was OK though if not then they would not host it.

[mOBSCENE]

I asked a UK hosting company and yes there were pricey though they said if it was same as top shelf style porn it was OK though if not then they would not host it.

What do they mean by "top shelf style" these days, since hardcore magazines are sold on the top shelf in newsagents? - seems a bit vague to me, shows why uk hosts are lagging behind not only on the cost issue but somewhat in ignorance of the legal nature of hardcore in the UK...

[strictlybroadband]

I asked a UK hosting company and yes there were pricey though they said if it was same as top shelf style porn it was OK though if not then they would not host it.

I've hosted hardcore in the UK for years. The only reason we moved out was cost.

[SmithsMedia]

What do they mean by "top shelf style" these days, since hardcore magazines are sold on the top shelf in newsagents? - seems a bit vague to me, shows why uk hosts are lagging behind not only on the cost issue but somewhat in ignorance of the legal nature of hardcore in the UK...


no erect penis's, no cum shots -

In Bed With Faith without the Hardcore mobile movies they added would be fine, in fact UK banks would give that site a merchant account.

[maxdaforce]

i host in the US,and my co.uk's can get listed in google co.uk within a couple of days.

[JT]

What do they mean by "top shelf style" these days, since hardcore magazines are sold on the top shelf in newsagents? - seems a bit vague to me, shows why uk hosts are lagging behind not only on the cost issue but somewhat in ignorance of the legal nature of hardcore in the UK...


Its no different in the states. Many hosts wont host porn over there too. There are loads here who will host hardcore without a problem. The problem is with cost

[JT]

no erect penis's, no cum shots -

In Bed With Faith without the Hardcore mobile movies they added would be fine, in fact UK banks would give that site a merchant account.

There are plenty that will host erect penis's and cum shots, you have spoke to one host who wont. I can also give you a thousand in the states who wont