Paperhand
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Hi,
I am about to start a site intended for the German market. The desired domain in .de is already for sale on DAN, but the .com is yet untouched.
This goes out to members with SEO experience who worked with country specific sites:
- does the use of a non-specific extension like .com (but also .org etc) vs. .DE for Germany (or .at, .ch Austria, Switzerland) hinder the SEO results?
- and do customers tend to prefer those specific sites over the generic ones?
- also, there are some regulative issues regarding the statement of company credentials under legal info when registered with country codes.
I am working within the German area, and would see a benefit in using .com as means not to address just one single German speaking country. But I'm sure that it is somewhat similar with the Spanish (or Portuguese etc) countries. Also, just going on with the site and not letting this question be any hurdle is probably the best option, as relevant information will be consumed anyways but I'm really interested in any experienced opinion and know we have quite a lot German natives here.
BIG thanks as always!
I am about to start a site intended for the German market. The desired domain in .de is already for sale on DAN, but the .com is yet untouched.
This goes out to members with SEO experience who worked with country specific sites:
- does the use of a non-specific extension like .com (but also .org etc) vs. .DE for Germany (or .at, .ch Austria, Switzerland) hinder the SEO results?
- and do customers tend to prefer those specific sites over the generic ones?
- also, there are some regulative issues regarding the statement of company credentials under legal info when registered with country codes.
I am working within the German area, and would see a benefit in using .com as means not to address just one single German speaking country. But I'm sure that it is somewhat similar with the Spanish (or Portuguese etc) countries. Also, just going on with the site and not letting this question be any hurdle is probably the best option, as relevant information will be consumed anyways but I'm really interested in any experienced opinion and know we have quite a lot German natives here.
BIG thanks as always!