UK Domain UK ??

[SunStorm555]

Hi

I want to register a certain domain name which has "UK" at the end, but unfortunately it has already been registered.... so would a domain's ranking be badly affected if I registered a domain with "UK" at the start as well??

e.g.

- mydomainUK (domain already registered by somebody else)

- UKmydomainUK (domain available)


Or will search engines penalise me because I've got UK repeated?

The "mydomain" text is a popular generic keyword, so I'm hoping that in a small way this will also help my SE ranking.

Any advice/info gratefully received...thanks

[Lee_Owen]

I doubt it will matter in engines it would just look a bit silly and sound silly.

[AcornDomains]

Is the UK domain you want parked or being actively used?

If it is parked, PM the details and let's see if they are open to offers.

[Lee_Owen]

Come to think of it, I have a few keyworduks have a look in whois, am I there?

[mikey_freedom]

Ditto Lee.
If I saw a domain name with UK at the start and end it would look a bit odd or even spammy IMHO. Surely there must be another generic word you can put at the start that would still make sense. Check out overture's keyword selector for ideas on something that wouldn't look stupid but might even give you a nice niche domain name without compromising or narrowing the original meaning too much, or even just use something really vague like order, buy, find etc. Just my tuppence.

[TheIntroducer]

I don't think it looks too bad - depends what the words are.

UKBETTING DOT CO DOT UK seems to work okay