Domain Favoured by Google

[Paul78]

Hi there,

We have just launched our website in Ireland .ie and was wondering would the .ie website be favoured by Google over a competitor with a .co.uk or .com domain?

Kind Regards

[donford]

It is my understanding, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong..

Google does not play favorites in their algorithm for ranking TLD's (Top Level Domains).

Here is a link to a Matt Cutt's (Google SEO guy) Video addressing a very similar issue with .com vs .co.uk