oddsod
msg:717615 | 6:59 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, we lot in the UK are less fussy with the quality of SERPs we get ;) Seriously, though, I wonder how different these figures would have been if Google didn't force me to the .co.uk when I wanted to do a search on the .com.
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creative craig
msg:717616 | 8:28 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Use www.google.com/ncr as the ncr stands for no country redirect and will leave you at the .com! Read that off a DaveN post some place :)
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mrMister
msg:717617 | 8:52 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Or just click "Go to Google.com"
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philaweb
msg:717618 | 9:52 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
Generally speaking and for the broader audience, it takes Europe a couple of years in some cases to implement mainstream US tendencies. It was so with eBay, Google and now blogging. On the other hand the US is slower than Europe when it comes to cellphone market tendencies.
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oddsod
msg:717619 | 11:21 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I appreciate the suggestions but the wider Googling community may not have access to those useful tips.
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Lord Majestic
msg:717620 | 11:41 pm on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| Or just click "Go to Google.com" |
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Does not work in Firefox's multi-search bar that I use: go to Google.com is not persistent, and redirect is extremely annoying and even on fact connection I feel delay that is totally unnecessary: if they want to use UK's datacenter then just return UK's IP on attempt to resolve google.com
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BigDave
msg:717621 | 12:35 am on Mar 17, 2005 (gmt 0) |
As if those numbers from hitbox/websidestory have any hope of accuracy. None of the numbers they come out with ever seem to compare to what I have seen for any sites.
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OptiRex
msg:717622 | 12:15 pm on Mar 17, 2005 (gmt 0) |
| if Google didn't force me to the .co.uk when I wanted to do a search on the .com. |
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Surely I'm not the only one in the UK whose Opera, Firefox and MSIE toolbars all default to Google.com?
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oddsod
msg:717623 | 1:43 pm on Mar 17, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I'm sure that at some point someone will get this thread back on topic. :)
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OptiRex
msg:717624 | 3:13 pm on Mar 17, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I've found that Google.co.uk throws up some very good results and at least we get the option to use either .com or .co.uk unlike MSN which seems to be mule by any other description. MSN.co.uk is not too bad however MSN.com is a joke in my sector.
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webnewton
msg:717625 | 4:38 am on Mar 19, 2005 (gmt 0) |
I am not surprised by this news!
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