: Pointing .com and .ca domain names Possible Duplicate: Does Google penalize .me or .tv sites? I have a .com and .ca domain extensions for my business. I have heard that it's

@Murray155

I agree with Andrew about the redirecting all domains and aliases to one domain.

About the TLD, I must say it doesn't make much different for your local customers, just put yourself in their place and see which TLD do you trust more? personally I prefer .com for my business instead of .us or in your case .ca

I feel it's different in the UK or Germany though, .uk and .de are more popular for example. but I believe for US or Canada a .com is more acceptable.

Just remember, if you're using a generic TLD such .com, then you could benefit from telling Google that your site is targeted for visitors from Canada.
support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=62399 support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182192

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@Harper822

I am sure others will be along with more comprehensive answers, but I'm firmly of the view that a single domain should be used for the site, with any secondary domains redirected not just resolving to the same server.

This also applies to non-www and www aliases

This way, you only have one set of incoming links, and one set of SEO scores/pagerank

As to whether .ca is better than .com - we have the same discussion in .uk and I'm yet to be convinced either way.

However, good content will make a big difference...

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