Use existing dot com or use ccTLDs for International Sites? - SEO Considerations
SEO Considerations for Expanding to New Countries Building the site on a dot com is a viable approach, but ccTLDs might be preferable. For example, German consumers can be wary of buying anything non-German. This makes it difficult for companies with a non-German specific presence to compete. Not only do you have to prove you have better ...
Does Domain Extension Affect SEO? Here is what Google says
Can I rank internationally with a ccTLD? Can ccTLDs work for a global website? “The answer is yes. While a country code domain name helps our systems to geotarget for that country, it still allows for global visibility. The only limitation is that you can’t specify other countries for geotargeting. For example, if you have a .fr website ...
Swiss registry implements an active measure to fight fraudulent registrations
SWITCH, the registry for .CH (Switzerland) .LI (Liechtenstein), has implemented a deferred delegation system for new registrations in order to better protect Internet users from malware and phishing. If the registry suspects a registration is fraudulent, the domain name will be assigned, but SWITCH will prevent it from being added to the zone ...
TOP 10 LARGEST CCTLDs BY NUMBER OF REPORTED DOMAIN NAMES
Total ccTLD domain name registrations were 152.9 million at the end of the third quarter of 2021. The top 10 ccTLDs, as of Sept. 30, 2021, were .tk, .de, .cn, .uk, .nl, .ru, .br, .fr, .eu and .it. As of Sept. 30, 2021, there were 308 global ccTLD extensions delegated in the root zone, including IDNs, with the top 10 ccTLDs comprising 62.7% of ...