ExampleSite.com vs ExampleSite.com.br

[94501]

What would you say to a client who is concerned he'd have to run around buying his .com.??? in alot of other countries.

Thanks!

[GastonRiera]

Hello there,

**.com.br **is a different TLD than .com.
Example.com and example.com.br are different domains.
.com.br is the brasilian TLD.

hope it helps.
GR.

[EGOL]

The person who owns ExampleSite.com.br is smart.  They know that some of their visitors have been typing ExampleSite.com into the address window of their browser by habit instead of ExampleSite.com.br.   They also know that ExampleSite.com is easier than ExampleSite.com.br.

They have probably used a 301 redirect of ExampleSite.com to ExampleSite.com.br so that any links that go to ExampleSite.com are credited to ExampleSite.com.br.

If this was my site, I might have redirected ExampleSite.com.br to ExampleSite.com, because it is the easier of the two, but maybe the owner enjoys the .br and feels that it makes the site more appealing to the visitors.

[94501]

Hi Egol,

Thanks for the message and I get your point. None is actually forwarded to the other. .com has a for sale sign on it and .com.br is a site. Of course, not sure what went on in the past, beyond OSE says .com has no link profile.