Country domain for a blog or a personal website

[Zevin]

ccTLD (Country Code Top-level Domain) is a two-letter domain extension used primarily to identify an association of some kind to a specific country or territory. There are approximately 300 ccTLDs, with over 150 million domains registered using one of them.
The five most popular ccTLDs are .cn (China), .tk (Tokelau), .de (Germany), .uk (United Kingdom), and .tw (Taiwan).

I was not aware that there are "approximately 300 ccTLDs" and I was also not aware that "tk (Tokelau)" was a country domain. I had an impression that dot tk was a freenom domain that does not require money to register and use. I even did not know a place called Tokelau existed. I just googled and found that it is a country in the pacific ocean.

 

[Nurudeen]

I will rather go for general extension than resulting to use a country extension with the exception of the fact that if my Content is majorly focusing on my country only that's the only reason on why I can consider using a country extension for my blog

 

[Erik4150]

I'm into domain flipping and I can say that domains that are tailored to countries such as UK are very useful and are sought after

 

[Ayokex]

Country domain is good for either a blog or a personal website. It is what gives the audience the idea of what they expect from either a blog or a personal website. It makes very easy to quickly identify the location of the owner.

 

[dan2]

ccTLDs (Country Code Top Level Domains) such as .uk or .us like you've mentioned in your first post are good and just as valuable as gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) like .com, but it obviously it kind of limits your website to a specific nation of readers. It doesn't mean people won't access it, but it's better if you intend to target your content for that audience.

I do think personal sites do seem to be memorable and better off using a ccTLD because using a gTLD can make it come across as a business instead. It depends what you're target of it is, but remember that domains are an important part of branding!

 

[Good-Person]

The Top Level Country Domains are the domains that use country code at the end, for example, dot uk for the United Kingdom, dot us for the United States, dot in for India, etc. The primary aim od country domain is to rank high on search engines in that region. For example, it ia easier to rank yoursite.us in the United States compared to yoursite.com. Interestingly, I have also seen some bloggers use country domain. Do you think country domain is good for a blog or personal website?

I do agree with you. My country has my own domain ending. However, most of the viewers who visit that particular website are actually from my own country only. Many other people do visit such websites, however, mostly the audience is from my country. I would perosnally refrain from making a specific domain for my specific country, as I would need traffic from all over the world.

 

[Patrik]

it's not really worth it, unless it's something limited to that specific country, just go for normal domains, they are cheaper and more oriented for your blog's theme

 

[Ralphjoe]

Of course, country domain would be good for a blog site as it will help the blog to run in a country's local web space and so I would even prefer it for my blog than a normal.com website extension.

 

[Kane]

You can use any domain extension you want, there is no issue on this but you must be aware that country domains are mostly reserved for the site that are targeted towards the people in the specific location.

 

[mcjerry]

I don't like country domain name extension for a blog or personal website. The extension means the contents of the website bases on the country. And I will not want to have a website that has content based on the country alone

 

[Kane]

country domains are basically for ranking your website for local search, if you can use country domain for a blog or personal website if you intend to pull local traffic.

 

[Yusuf1]

The best thing to do in this case is that if the content of the website will be focused on a particular region it will be better to use the extension of the country and if not just use .com

 

[Senator]

Just like you have stated that a country domain may be for the purpose of ranking high for that domain in that region. So, if you your website or blog is region based then a country domain may be the deal for you

 

[Georgeadawara1]

Thank you for sharing this insight. I remember the first domain name that I encountered was the dot ph as the extension which stands for our country. The domain was owned by a friend. During that time I was not much into the internet so the extension of the website address did not register much on my mind. What's most popular was the dot com and the dot org. Yeah, why not patronize your own country's domain name provider? That is a good idea and patriotic too.
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Thank you for sharing this insight. I remember the first domain name that I encountered was the dot ph as the extension which stands for our country. The domain was owned by a friend. During that time I was not much into the internet so the extension of the website address did not register much on my mind. What's most popular was the dot com and the dot org. Yeah, why not patronize your own country's domain name pro

 

[Kunkun]

This is really good thread and eye opener too, lolw you've right said and moving forward there are now ways I could go about my domain names, so lots of good information on here no doubt

 

[Oliver4smile]

I think that's what they call country specific domain extension, I don't really like it because it usually seems like it's meant for certain people like people from one particular country, I prefer using the dot come extension, that seems general for everyone.

 

[Kaffyfolla]

Domain name are not for personal blogs but if you which to use the country domain, you have to pay for it,

 

[Kubiat-Abasi]

Country domains is best used to for local audience if it is used for a global audience, you will probably not attract the honey of high traffic.

 

[greenie]

I don't know if a local or global domain is good for blogging. for example, I find the .me domain interesting for a blog. for example justinblog.me, sounds interesting for a blog. I would rather .me than .com .org etc