International TLD Differentiation Concerns

[dodgejd]

Currently working on a project where the TLD of the parent company site is a .COM and the U.S. subsidiary is a .US. This is a first for me.

What I do know.

• Both sites must be live
• Parent (.COM) targets essentially the entire international market
• US Subsidiary (.US) targets United States only
• Concerns are even with non-duplicate content will there be confusion there with the closely related domain, just a TLD change?

Any suggestions are greatly, greatly appreciated!

[RickyShockley]

Hi there!

Im not sure that I know the answer to this questions as it is a bit outside of my area of expertise and experience, but I figured this page may be able to provide some help.

https://sites.google.com/site/webmasterhelpforum/en/faq-internationalisation#q8

[dodgejd]

Thanks for the added insights Ricky!

This lead me down another path to do some additional research on ccTLDs. Total international SEO rabbit hole so this could be fun.