International SEO whats best 2 sites co.uk and com.au ?

[therealmarkhall]

We have the co.uk and com.au ccTLDS and currently operate out of the UK only but plans are in place for Australia. We can't get hold of the .org or .com so it has to be the ccTLD.

I want to use the same site for both countries and either host 2 identical sites (same content) or 1 site with different domain names + meta tags for the 2 countries.

Whats the best way to make this happen without screwing things up?

[AlanMosley]

If you have 2 tld's .uk .au, you will not have to worry about duplicate content, but you should have regional set correctly, data format, currency and that sort of thing. You might want to host one in Australia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ets7nHOV1Yo

[therealmarkhall]

Oh sweet! Thanks, this just saved me a headache. Yes I was going to host the 2nd site locally and make any local content changes.

Any Oz based hosting companies you recommend?

[AlanMosley]

Sure can.

I do hosting. about to set up in new premises. What sort of site is it?

http://thatsit.com.au/