Geo targetting - .com.au

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by MrBounce, Jun 30, 2006.

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    hey there, if i have a .com.au domain name do i still need to have my site hosted on an australian server to rank well in google.com.au? or will the .au extension take care of that?
     
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  2. dcristo

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    No you don't. Having the .com.au gets you into the local search results.
     
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    Is it possible to be a .com, and have a site which is national?
    Would Google still know?
     
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    Yeah if the site is hosted on Australian servers that would work.
     
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    thankyou sir. would there be any SEO benefit of me hosting the site in aus at all? or would it do just as well on google.com.au wherever it was hosted?
     
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    I'm sure there maybe some benefit being hosted on an Aussie IP address, but it's pretty negligible in the scheme of things. Australia hosting is just too darn expensive.
     
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    I have several well ranking .com.au and they are all hosted in the US.

    To the guys who asked about .coms, as opposed to hosting a dot com in Aus, which as dcristo points out is rather expensive, why not register a dot com .au


    .com.au are now pretty cheap.

    Check out DomainCentral

    They are 38.00AUD for 2 years.
     
    Aussie Bob, Jul 1, 2006 IP