Why do some people like .uk links?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by tradester, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    Why do some people only want .uk links? Clearly traffic won't be only .uk traffic so what is the deal?:)
     
    tradester, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  2. geoiss2004

    geoiss2004 Guest

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    #2
    can raise listings in UK organic searches
     
    geoiss2004, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    Most .co.uk sites target the UK, and are hosted in the UK too.

    If you'd want to rank better in the UK search results, buying UK links should be a part of their strategy.
     
    gr8liverpoolfan, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    im in the us and I have never saw a .uk site ranking high for any of the keywords i've targetted
     
    jasmor81, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  5. wiwi

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    From a ranking perspective. If I have a link from a site hosted in UK then surely it will helps with rankings in .co.uk
     
    wiwi, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    If someone would like to get targeted traffic from the uk then it will make
    sense for them to get backlinks from .uk sites.
     
    kingofsanda, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  7. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    geo targeting. site with co.uk domains usually target UK visitors and will get ranked better within google.co.uk if the site is hosted within UK and have backlinks from uk sites
     
    sultanofseo, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    Apart from the SEO implications, having a region specific domain can be beneficial if your product / service is region specific as well. That is to say, having a url extension such as .co.uk reinforces a local message / perception of a website. (An example - Online Store - people usually prefer to buy things that they can return / ship to easily from their location. The closer the better).
     
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  9. seohelp

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    well its very simple and clear if you want to get good ranking in specific geographical area i.e uk then you can get backlinks from the websites which are hosted and having domain co.uk.
     
    seohelp, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    I think those are people target search results from that country.
     
    seoservicesvs, Dec 17, 2008 IP
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    to get listed in organic result from that particular region and as well to capture the market.
     
    brandmantra, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  12. askme

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    #12
    that is because search results shown are based on your IP address (in your case US). you would be shown more of US sites.
     
    askme, Dec 22, 2008 IP
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    #13
    Geo targeting, that's all I have to say.
     
    sallysmith, Dec 22, 2008 IP
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    i agree with this comment, think thats why some people buyu .uk links
     
    mytvtalk, Dec 22, 2008 IP
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    I agree that hosting is also a good factor to rank high in search results for a particular country though I think that even your site is US based, you can also achieve higher ranking in UK search results depending on how well-versed you are in building links. If you focus on getting quality backlinks from sites that have .co.uk domain or are UK Based, you can still rank high in uk serp.
     
    Journey, Dec 23, 2008 IP
  16. kompyuter

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    Not all, yes some.. Especially on my far place away from UK.. Mostly .uk site are hosted in the UK webhosting. And they are surely and get some links on the uk sites.

    Links from different IP address has a good improvement to get rank in your site from the search engines.
     
    kompyuter, Dec 23, 2008 IP
  17. emitind

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    I use a .co.uk for my global business, just because it's how I started out many years ago and it's built up some milage.

    I don't find it makes that much difference, in fact my website is ranked #2 out of 3.2 million results for my target keyphrase.. even without any of the keywords in the domain!

    I have been thinking about moving to a .com, but that would mean starting domain ranking from scratch and coming up with a new and available name.
     
    emitind, Dec 23, 2008 IP
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    I guess its for mainly for two reason;

    1. The site owners from the UK and thus would want his users to associate him to the country.

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    2. As some of my friends have already mentioned, to target an audience of a certain geographical area.
     
    askdguru, Dec 23, 2008 IP
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    When you campaign SEO in UK area...that would be great.....

    But i never doubt that you can gain authority links in UK.
     
    optired73, Dec 23, 2008 IP