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    • JohnW-UK
      JohnW-UK last edited by

      I have a client with a business.... normal business and he has a .org address.

      .com and .co.uk are taken buy sites trying to sell those for £100000 each.

      So.... What would you do...

      Original -

      mybusinessname.org

      OR

      my-business-name.co.uk

      mybusinessname.uk.com

      mybusinessnameuk.com

      You get the point...

      Suggestions greatly received on what to recommend to the client...

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      • EricPratum30
        EricPratum30 last edited by

        Do they really need to change? Do you believe the other domains are getting enough direct traffic to justify a change to a less-than-ideal domain?

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        • JohnW-UK
          JohnW-UK @EricPratum30 last edited by

          Not really.... it's just the old seo company is crap and not done much so if I'm going to change it makes sense to do it now... no reason other than a builders with a .org domain.....

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          • firstconversion
            firstconversion last edited by

            Id stick with .org

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            • JohnW-UK
              JohnW-UK @firstconversion last edited by

              How come?

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