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The 'business' behind the site would affect this a lot, obviously, but if you're more curious about the domain name itself perhaps take a look at http://www.dnforum.com/

Have you considered trying to build up some inbound links more geographically located to the UK?  Sites hosted in the UK with .co.uk domains would be a good place to start IMO.  What was the timing of the drop off in traffic?