.in How does .in affect acronyms in Google search

[bill786]

Hello,

I was thinking of developing U-K.in into a generic portal , probably targetting United Kingdom but I am unsure how google search views a .in domain for a different geography.

Will this domain rank well for search in google.co.uk as well?

 

[enlytend]

As they do many cctlds, Google geotargets .in to India. You'd probably be fighting an uphill battle to get that to do well in google.co.uk.

Some country codes are treated like a gtld. Those (and actual gtlds) you can set geotarget preferences in webmastertools. List here:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1347922

 

[bill786]

Oh damn, so should rather focus on developing it into something that targets india?