MHes
msg:89765 | 12:33 pm on Apr 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Hi USA ip address is no problem if you have a .co.uk. If you have a .com you will not appear in some other search engines for UK only, including google.
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kwngian
msg:89766 | 12:54 pm on Apr 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Thanks MHES. We have a monopoly in the telecom industry here but think I cannot change since mine is a .com TLD. Really cannot afford to lose 90% of the traffic which is already not much. And if I register a com.* ccTLD domain, I will get penalised for duplicate contents. sigh..
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GoogleGuy
msg:89767 | 4:58 pm on Apr 29, 2004 (gmt 0) |
I appreciate your dilemma, kwngian, but for now the only way we can be sure that a .com is truly relevant for e.g. UK search is to see things like the .com is hosted in the UK. :¦
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kwngian
msg:89768 | 1:30 pm on Apr 30, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for the info, Googleguy. I was just about to bite the bullet and shift to a US host because I am quite confused whether geo-targeting is more towards the surfers or the site owners. My understanding is that it is more towards the site owners because I get better results when surfers looks specifically for my locality than when it is a general search term. But on forums, it seems like the opinion is targeting relevance towards the surfers' location. Right now I am still confused about this but I won't take the risk anymore.
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beebware
msg:89769 | 1:47 pm on Apr 30, 2004 (gmt 0) |
Shame Google et al can't make use of the country meta tag:
<meta name="geo.country" content="GB">
and other similar tags...
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