Does google look at domain while showing results

Discussion in 'Google' started by Artistic, Oct 23, 2007.

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    If i have a content thats meant for US audience and i take a domain such as .in or .co.uk (mostly for the reason as a better domain is available there, the .com one is gone) would google show any different listings in search results as compared to say if the domain was .com or .us?

    Someone told me that google prioritizes the results for that region based on the the domain so by that logic .co.uk would not get much rank in US? Is that true?
     
    Artistic, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  2. bogs

    bogs Active Member

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    well if you optimize it better you can get a good rankings.. you should use .us or .com domain than .co.uk... or maybe pick other name.. if its not available..
     
    bogs, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  3. Artistic

    Artistic Peon

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    Well thats right. The only issue was that i have the exact keyword i want available in .in
    so if there is no domain bias as such in google i can take the .in one rather than a bigger in length .com domain
     
    Artistic, Oct 23, 2007 IP
  4. itmaster99

    itmaster99 Greenhorn

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    i agree with you.
    But you can buy a .com or any other domain and than target any country by onpage SEO and by using google webmaster tools
     
    itmaster99, Jan 12, 2013 IP
  5. coakleylincoln

    coakleylincoln Greenhorn

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    I don't know conspicuously is there any preference or priority with domains. However you can get good ranking through your effective SEO:)
     
    coakleylincoln, Jan 14, 2013 IP
  6. rakesh.swaransoft

    rakesh.swaransoft Greenhorn

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    yes u are right geo location top level domain effect showing result in search engine but your website need to well optimized for search engine.
     
    rakesh.swaransoft, Jan 15, 2013 IP