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I wonder why they think a local domain is necessary for their business (and is it really). For example, Facebook doesn't use local domains - it uses .com for ev
by ntoshev 16y ago
I wonder why they think a local domain is necessary for their business (and is it really). For example, Facebook doesn't use local domains - it uses .com for everything.
- adamt 16y agoCouldn't agree more. Apple doesn't own apple.co.uk so they just use apple.com/uk and use geoip to make apple.com (by default, can override country) redirect. I don't know how australians perceive it but in the uk people wouldn't care or read anything into it if it was a .co.uk or a .com Launching a completely different brand seems unnecessary and sub-optimal.
- wheels 16y agoIt's probably more about the trademark than the domain. The other company applied for the Groupon trademark as well, so trading under that name until the trademark dispute is settled could be quite problematic and using a different name wouldn't be able to leverage the Groupon brand.
- robryan 16y agofacebook.com.au redirects to facebook.