Comments on: Google Geographic Targeting http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/ SEO HAWK Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:27:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Johannes M. http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-325 Johannes M. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:03:09 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-325 PS: I have already used the webmaster tools to tell google that we target the UK. PS: I have already used the webmaster tools to tell google that we target the UK.

]]> By: Johannes M. http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-324 Johannes M. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:24:15 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-324 @ admin. do you think it would help if i change to an UK server?? do you know anybody whow offers just UK links?? i havent found anybody. thank you very much!! @ admin. do you think it would help if i change to an UK server??

do you know anybody whow offers just UK links?? i havent found anybody.

thank you very much!!

]]> By: Harpy´s Nightmare http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-313 Harpy´s Nightmare Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:16:25 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-313 I agree with Admin: I have been looking for info on the fact that: 1. when I use google.com to search for my site its 2nd. 2. when I use google.com.co (target market) the site is at 30 - 40 position: and I am searching from the target market country. So: the local browser DOES make a difference and probably relates to TARGET MARKET SITE LINKS as suggested by admin. I agree with Admin: I have been looking for info on the fact that:
1. when I use google.com to search for my site its 2nd.
2. when I use google.com.co (target market) the site is at 30 - 40 position: and I am searching from the target market country.

So: the local browser DOES make a difference and probably relates to TARGET MARKET SITE LINKS as suggested by admin.

]]> By: Zev http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-306 Zev Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:03:20 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-306 It would be helpful if Google allowed you to specify geo locations for different sections of your site. There was mention of this originally when this tool was first launched, but I havn't seen anything to this effect added yet. Does anyone know if this is still in future plans? It would be helpful if Google allowed you to specify geo locations for different sections of your site. There was mention of this originally when this tool was first launched, but I havn’t seen anything to this effect added yet. Does anyone know if this is still in future plans?

]]> By: admin http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-303 admin Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:21:56 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-303 Hello Johannes, Your competitor site is listed in UK category of DMOZ. Moreover, they have plenty of links from UK region as compared to your website. Your links are mostly from US region and this is the reason why Google is giving preference to your rankings on Google.com ( USA) rather than Google.co.uk. As far as geographic tool by Google is concerned, it becomes negligible if you have plenty of links from another region whereas you have mentioned some different region in webmaster tool. If you have same percentage of links from US, UK then mentioning UK region in Google geographic tool can help. Try to get some nice links from UK region and your site will be ranking on Google.co.uk too ;) Hello Johannes,

Your competitor site is listed in UK category of DMOZ.

Moreover, they have plenty of links from UK region as compared to your website.

Your links are mostly from US region and this is the reason why Google is giving preference to your rankings on Google.com ( USA) rather than Google.co.uk.

As far as geographic tool by Google is concerned, it becomes negligible if you have plenty of links from another region whereas you have mentioned some different region in webmaster tool.

If you have same percentage of links from US, UK then mentioning UK region in Google geographic tool can help.

Try to get some nice links from UK region and your site will be ranking on Google.co.uk too ;)

]]> By: johannes m. http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-302 johannes m. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:20:53 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-302 we (www.source-promo.com) target the uk market and have used the webmaster tools to tell google. our server is located in germany. we cant explain but wonder why our website ranks pretty well in the very compeditive US market google.com for most of our keywords like promotional items (page 2) but ranks lousy on the uk market (page 15-20) most of our links come from us websites but this shouldnt be a problem since www.ideasbynet.com have fairly the same kinds of links and uses a dotcom domain as well. they rank first on google.co.uk. can you explain that??? if i say google at its webmaster tools that i target the uk market does it understand or is it just one factor out of many? we (www.source-promo.com) target the uk market and have used the webmaster tools to tell google. our server is located in germany.

we cant explain but wonder why our website ranks pretty well in the very compeditive US market google.com for most of our keywords like promotional items (page 2) but ranks lousy on the uk market (page 15-20)

most of our links come from us websites but this shouldnt be a problem since http://www.ideasbynet.com have fairly the same kinds of links and uses a dotcom domain as well. they rank first on google.co.uk.

can you explain that???

if i say google at its webmaster tools that i target the uk market does it understand or is it just one factor out of many?

]]> By: admin http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-301 admin Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:19:18 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-301 Hello John, Some of the reasons could be as given below :- 1) Your website uses India Address in WHOIS or might have used India hosting in the past. 2) You are not having enough links from UK region in order to score rankings in Google.co.uk 3) (Most Powerful) : Your website is listed in INDIA category of DMOZ. This could be the reason why your site is sticking to google.co.in However, you can try to gain links from sites with .co.uk in order to score higher rankings on Google.co.uk. I hope it will help you :) Hello John,

Some of the reasons could be as given below :-

1) Your website uses India Address in WHOIS or might have used India hosting in the past.

2) You are not having enough links from UK region in order to score rankings in Google.co.uk

3) (Most Powerful) : Your website is listed in INDIA category of DMOZ. This could be the reason why your site is sticking to google.co.in

However, you can try to gain links from sites with .co.uk in order to score higher rankings on Google.co.uk.

I hope it will help you :)

]]> By: john http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-300 john Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:17:58 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-300 i have a site hosting from UK and domain is.com, but my keywords are on 1st postion in google.co.in and not ranking in .com and co.uk , what would be the reason for the same. pls help me ASAP. i have a site hosting from UK and domain is.com, but my keywords are on 1st postion in google.co.in and not ranking in .com and co.uk , what would be the reason for the same. pls help me ASAP.

]]> By: Spanish SEO http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-290 Spanish SEO Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:18:26 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-290 Sorry for the late reply. Did not get the reply until tonight :) Given the localization and local search technology Google has, it's more difficult for a regional TLD to rank high in local results. Plus the trust factor a TLD like .asia cannot be compare to a neutral TLD like .com. It's true that we see .au and .co.uk in US results for global searches, but they obey to factors like trust, link profile, content scarcity, etc. However, they don't appear when we're talking about more specific local search results (gl=us). Mind sharing a bit more about that domain transference? I see that issues with domain trust and link profile more than anything else. I'm sure, results may be a bit different for a .co.uk than a .nl. Server responses will definitely feed the bot and will influence ip delivery. But it's also well known that gbot sometimes do not take all the header responses and preferences. You need the comment subscription plugin ;) Sorry for the late reply. Did not get the reply until tonight :)

Given the localization and local search technology Google has, it’s more difficult for a regional TLD to rank high in local results. Plus the trust factor a TLD like .asia cannot be compare to a neutral TLD like .com.

It’s true that we see .au and .co.uk in US results for global searches, but they obey to factors like trust, link profile, content scarcity, etc. However, they don’t appear when we’re talking about more specific local search results (gl=us).

Mind sharing a bit more about that domain transference? I see that issues with domain trust and link profile more than anything else. I’m sure, results may be a bit different for a .co.uk than a .nl.

Server responses will definitely feed the bot and will influence ip delivery. But it’s also well known that gbot sometimes do not take all the header responses and preferences.

You need the comment subscription plugin ;)

]]> By: admin http://blog.seohawk.com/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-281 admin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:40:02 +0000 http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/google-geographic-targeting/#comment-281 You can still use .asia domain to target any location of your choice. <img src="http://www.seohawk.co.uk/blog/images/smiley/food-smiley-002.gif" alt="seo geographic targeting" /> There are several instances where .com.au domains are ranking on top of Google.ca. Several websites with .co.uk extensions could be spotted on top pages of Google.com (*USA). There is no fixed rules when it comes to geographic targeting. We did try using this tool, but found that it wasn't successful in shifting rankings from one geo location to another. Anyhow you can still try to mention geographic target location of your website. Google trusts data provided by its live crawler OR search bot, rather than any of its webmaster tools. However, you can still try to use geographic targeting as this is the only tool provided by google to specify geo location of your website. You can still use .asia domain to target any location of your choice. seo geographic targeting

There are several instances where .com.au domains are ranking on top of Google.ca. Several websites with .co.uk extensions could be spotted on top pages of Google.com (*USA). There is no fixed rules when it comes to geographic targeting.

We did try using this tool, but found that it wasn’t successful in shifting rankings from one geo location to another. Anyhow you can still try to mention geographic target location of your website.

Google trusts data provided by its live crawler OR search bot, rather than any of its webmaster tools. However, you can still try to use geographic targeting as this is the only tool provided by google to specify geo location of your website.

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