Pointing .com and .co.uk domain names to one site - thicko alert!

[funkydorydawn]

OK, my new baby will be ready to launch very soon - as I have registered both .co.uk and .com names, I need some advice from the web techies pretty please :cheesy:.

Do I simply point both .com and .co.uk to the new servers from my dns panel in 123-reg?

Will one of the domains be dominant? If so, which one is considered best - .com or .co.uk?

I'm feeling a litte bit befuddled by it all :cheesy:.

TIA

Dawn
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[knotjustjigs]

eeerrmm whoosh....over my head.

Come on techies help needed !

Ketty x

[greenmum]

Hi Dawn

I've just been through the same thing with my site. I actually sought advice on a business forum and got an opinion from loads of techies. About 95% said that if you are aiming at a UK target audience then you should have the .co.uk address as the dominant one. This way, search engines know straight away that you are in the UK.

I have now got mine set up with the .co.uk as the main address and I've got a pointer coming from the .com to the .co.uk. As to how you physically do that I'm afraid I had my web guy do it for me so I can't help you with that bit.

If you email your website hosting people they should be able to help you with this.

Hope this helps and good luck with your site

[funkydorydawn]

Hi Dawn

I've just been through the same thing with my site. I actually sought advice on a business forum and got an opinion from loads of techies. About 95% said that if you are aiming at a UK target audience then you should have the .co.uk address as the dominant one. This way, search engines know straight away that you are in the UK.

I have now got mine set up with the .co.uk as the main address and I've got a pointer coming from the .com to the .co.uk. As to how you physically do that I'm afraid I had my web guy do it for me so I can't help you with that bit.

If you email your website hosting people they should be able to help you with this.

Hope this helps and good luck with your site

Thank you - that does help.

.co.uk it is :happy72:.

[Daffs]

I would set the dominant one up as .co.uk and then set up .com as a domain alias. Do you have the option to do that?

[MrTempleDene]

TBH is the second domain is just "parked" on the first, I don't think search engines give a monkeys, they can't tell how the server is set up

if however the seond domain changes to the first, as happens with a re-direct, then yes, make your .co.uk the one it resolves to rather than the .com

It all depends on how your server handles things. Are you using plesk or c-panel? or something else? to manage domains at your server end?

[funkydorydawn]

I would set the dominant one up as .co.uk and then set up .com as a domain alias. Do you have the option to do that?

Whoosh!! to coin Ketty's phrase :cheesy:

[funkydorydawn]

TBH is the second domain is just "parked" on the first, I don't think search engines give a monkeys, they can't tell how the server is set up

if however the seond domain changes to the first, as happens with a re-direct, then yes, make your .co.uk the one it resolves to rather than the .com

It all depends on how your server handles things. Are you using plesk or c-panel? or something else? to manage domains at your server end?

I'm using store2go.net, and as far as I can see, there is space to park one domain name, but I'm a total technical numpty when it comes to this sort of thing. I'll email them and ask - they're normally very good at getting back to me. Thanks :happy72:.

dawn
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[MrTempleDene]

I'm using store2go.net, and as far as I can see, there is space to park one domain name, but I'm a total technical numpty when it comes to this sort of thing. I'll email them and ask - they're normally very good at getting back to me. Thanks :happy72:.

dawn
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Does that mean 1 parked on top of your main domain? or you can just have 1 domain and the other has to be a re-direct? if that's the case then park the .co.uk and re-direct the .com

There are som clever .htaccess tricks which might help, ask if you need help with them