Which domain to forward?

[Name Trader]

I just purchased fordtrucks.ph and fordtrucksph.com. The .ph domain was $70 for 2 years and the .com domain is $7.50 for 1 year. I plan to run a philippines forum about ford trucks. Which domain should I use as the main domain and which should I forward? Bearing in mind this will be non-profit and I slightly balk at the $35/yr price tag for .ph domains.

 

[Michael]

FordTrucks.ph. If you want it to be a Philippines forum, using the ccTLD will allow you to rank higher in Google.ph, which your target audience is likely using for search.

 

[chandan]

fordtrucks.ph should be the active site

 

[Dean]

I agree, the ccTLD is the best choice considering the target audience so use fordtrucks.ph

 

[ssamriga]

yep I'd use cctld too.

 

[Name Trader]

Ok. Thanks guys. I kinda guessed you might all say the .ph

 

[Skinny]

This might be off topic but I'd thought I'd let you know that Ford is a trademarked term and they may be able to come after your domains.

Registering a domain with any trademark is very risky.

Edit: Thought you were a new guy. But you seem to have been here long enough to know the risk .

Skinny