Re: 2 domain names, 1 site


"Guy Macon" <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote in message
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> Timmermans wrote:
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> >The site was previously hosted on a .com, it did very well there even
though
> >it didn't register well at all in neither Belgium or the Netherlands
itself.
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> That situation has an easy solution. 301 redirect the .com to the .be
> or the .nl, and make sure that the HTTP headers specify dutch no matter
> which URL the user tries.

Thanks for the confirmation.

> >I managed to easily get my hands on the Belgian domain, the .nl extension
> >will probably cost me a few Euro's. Anyway, being Belgian myself the .be
> >was a logical move to improve things. I'm happy with this domain, but as
I
> >mentioned, when the Google visitors choose for sites only from the
> >Netherlands, I loose out though not all the way. Mind you, it works the
> >same the other way around, no .nl sites when looking for only Belgian
sites!
> >Just trying to reach ALL Dutch people... not just those from Belgium or
the
> >Netherlands.
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> Your goal is incomamatible with Google's goals. They have as a goal
> that users can do a Belgium-only or Netherlands-only search, and they
> have as a goal excluding from those searches anyone who is trying to
> reach both. Reaching both is what dutch-language-only searches are
> for. You either have to pick one, or make two seperate pages with
> different content. I don't know about .nl and .be, but I have heard
> that .uk sites hosted in the US don't do as well as ones hosted in
> the UK. Perhaps someone more knowledgable than I am can comment on
> this.

Strange enough, the search for Dutch-language sites (next to Belgium-only or
Netherlands-only) is available in the Netherlands but not in Belgium. Of
course they wouldn't make things convenient if they didn't have to ;-)

Thanks though.

Have a good weekend.

Steven


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