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(Entry was posted by John Pitcher on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 11/13/2014).

Will a .org, or a .org.uk or a .net domain do OK for a small UK business?

Will a .org, or a .org.uk or a .net domain do OK for a small UK business?

For a new customer, the .co.uk domain that matches their business name has gone. (There is no website for the name at the moment - but my customer will not be looking to try to pay a premium price for the domain.)

For a company with a name of XYZ Cleaning Services

I could either get a xyzcleaningservices.net or xyzcleaningservices.org.uk or xyzcleaningservices.org
or
xyzcleaningcompany.co.uk - note this is company not services

I favour one of domains that matches their company name (rather than having a different domain name to the company name given in all of the directories etc), but am not sure if these extensions have the same weight in Google??
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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

  • John Pitcher: Will a .org, or a .org.uk or a .net domain do OK for a small UK business?

    For a new customer, the .co.uk domain that matches their business name has gone. (There is no website for the name at the moment - but my customer will not be looking to try to pay a premium price for the domain.)

    For a company with a name of XYZ Cleaning Services

    I could either get a xyzcleaningservices.net or xyzcleaningservices.org.uk or xyzcleaningservices.org
    or
    xyzcleaningcompany.co.uk - note this is company not services

    I favour one of domains that matches their company name (rather than having a different domain name to the company name given in all of the directories etc), but am not sure if these extensions have the same weight in Google?
  • Dave Elliott: while not restricted(i think) .org.uk is mainly and preferably used for charities and non commercial entities so i wouldn't use it for a business.

    personally, out of the three i'd use the .net

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 11/13/2014).