hello everyone i have built a website and it is actually country specific and this site will matter for only those living in that country so i want to know which domain will be better either www.xyz.com.au or www.xyz.com ?
.au of course, but you can still use a .com domain and host it in .au and go to wmc and target au...same deal...
www.xyz.com.au is better if you target only au audience Besides that, you can check the following to speed up in the local SERP increase: - buy the domain providing your AU-based whois data - set your geo zone in GWT - get hosting in Au - set clearly your AU address on website - get links from AU sites, mostly - link to best AU websites That set will definitely work.
.com.au is better if you are targeting Australian market, like above said get Australian hosting would obtain you best results.
.au is for australia , if your website is local for Ozzie then .au must be preferred if not then go for global .com
I would keep both of them, if I were you. The official site being .com.au but the .com site forwarded to it.
You've got a lot of opinions above and hardly any solid information. Whether or not .com or .com.au is better for your branding purposes is not an SEO issue and is for you to decide. I personally think .com is better, but your guess is as good as mine. As far as SEO, you have the following options to target the Australian market: -- get a .com.au (and host it anywhere) or -- get a .com and associate it with Oz in Google Webmaster Tools or -- get a .com and host it in Oz Each of the above options achieves the exact same effect. And of course get backlinks from Oz sites. I hope this clarifies things for you.