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Hi,

I have 2 questions about domain names and SEO.

1. I have www myname co uk with Google Page Rank 5 and come as the first website in Google search results for xxx keyword in UK. If I buy www myname com will it come as first website in Google search results for xxx keyword in other countries?

2. If I buy www myname com should I submit this new link to all search engines with exactly same information I used for www myname co uk ? Would it be problem?

Thanks in advance

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Short answer: buying the .com does not magically give it top rankings worldwide. The outcome depends on how you deploy it — whether you migrate traffic to .com, keep both domains live for different audiences, or run them in parallel with region-specific content. Several replies here touched on redirects and duplicate-content concerns; the practical steps below show how to act on those points.

If the goal is to make the .com the primary site (site move)

  • Perform a full site move: 301 every old URL to the matching new URL, update sitemaps, update internal links, and use Google Search Console tools to notify Google of the move. Follow Google’s migration guidance for exact steps and timing (Move a site with URL changes).
  • Example Apache redirect (place in the .co.uk virtual host or .htaccess):
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?example\.co\.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  • Keep redirects live indefinitely and monitor Search Console for crawl and indexing issues.

If keeping both domains for different audiences

  • Serve regionally tailored pages (currency, offers, language) and signal region targeting with hreflang or Search Console settings for gTLDs. See Google’s multi‑regional guidance (Manage multi-regional and multilingual sites).
  • Use rel="alternate" hreflang for each page pair and avoid exact duplicate content across domains. If content must be identical and you prefer one canonical URL, use rel="canonical" to point to the preferred version.

Practical checklist (short)

  • Decide: consolidate or regionalize.
  • Implement 301s if consolidating; update sitemaps and internal links.
  • Add hreflang for regional pages if keeping both.
  • Monitor Search Console, analytics, and server logs; request reindexing for critical pages.
  • Where possible, ask high-value linking sites to update backlinks to the preferred domain.

Notes on replies here: pointed toward redirects (correct for consolidation); and raised duplicate-content/backlink effects (addressed above); ’s caution about guarantees is valid — there are no automatic ranking transfers without the right signals.

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Member Avatar for ithelp

There is no such thing in google search engine algorithm.

Member Avatar for canadafred

Hi,

I have 2 questions about domain names and SEO.

1. I have www myname co uk with Google Page Rank 5 and come as the first website in Google search results for xxx keyword in UK. If I buy www myname com will it come as first website in Google search results for xxx keyword in other countries?

2. If I buy www myname com should I submit this new link to all search engines with exactly same information I used for www myname co uk ? Would it be problem?

Thanks in advance

1. Maybe. Try and see what happens. 2. May have duplicate content issue. I would suspect your first web site would dominate.

Member Avatar for kmachine

Yes, can be consider duplicate content. If you set the domain with a redirection, search engines only will rank the domain that has the best backlinks. You can get more quality backlinks and get your . rank wel in google.com too.

Member Avatar for AirForceOne

For 1st question, I think such thing would not happen unless you 301 redirect your old domain to the new one;
For 2nd question, duplicating websites are not allowed on almost all search engines. :)

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