Best use of Com "and" Co.uk for same phrase

[aoaiseqw]

Hi there.

I have both the Com and Co.uk for a "competitive" UK phrase, I have built the co.uk and want to know how best to use the com.

Do I..

1. Build a small site with my com and link it to my co.uk? my thoughts on this are having the exact same phrase in the URL of both will boost the co.uk when I link to it from the com?

or

2. Build the co.uk and simply re-direct the com to the co.uk, will google see that I own both and give the co.uk and extra boost?

My gut instinct is that by taking option 2 Google will not see I am playing games and add a boost due to the fact I own the com and co.uk... thing is can google pickup I own both or am I just hoping for too much?

Thanks in advance for any input...

[Rock]

Hi there.

I have both the Com and Co.uk for a "competitive" UK phrase, I have built the co.uk and want to know how best to use the com.

Do I..

1. Build a small site with my com and link it to my co.uk? my thoughts on this are having the exact same phrase in the URL of both will boost the co.uk when I link to it from the com?

or

2. Build the co.uk and simply re-direct the com to the co.uk, will google see that I own both and give the co.uk and extra boost?

My gut instinct is that by taking option 2 Google will not see I am playing games and add a boost due to the fact I own the com and co.uk... thing is can google pickup I own both or am I just hoping for too much?

Thanks in advance for any input...

I'd recommend option 1 as Google will see option 2 as two different sites penalizing the page ranking

[MattBarthorp]

IMO. option no. 2 seems to be a better choice. But you need to make sure that you set a permanent 301 redirect to the .com domain.

Or else, you may also want to use the .com domain as an external source for backlinks pointing to your .co.uk domain. Here you must make sure that the content present over the .co.uk domain isn't duplicated on .com, else Google might think of penalizing one of the two domains.

All-in-all if you are running a brand over your .co.uk domain, it wouldn't be anything better than simply setting a permanent redirect for .com domain.