poster_boy
msg:3626537 | 4:32 pm on Apr 14, 2008 (gmt 0) |
| I believe Google has more difficult with the UK than the US in this respect? |
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Sounds like this is more a theory than a question. Have you seen supporting information for this?
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T_Media
msg:3630055 | 3:57 pm on Apr 18, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I have used geo targeting very successfully for Hull,England. Not sure if you've heard of it.. For a relatively small area like this, there's definately a big decrease in visitors, you need to be targeting wide topics and the product needs to have enough profit margin to make one or 2 sales every so often, worthwhile. As for how accurate it is. I've found it to be pretty much on the ball, only occasionally do I get visitors outside the range I specified, its not such a big deal.
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beesticles
msg:3630842 | 10:04 am on Apr 20, 2008 (gmt 0) |
My understanding is that it's done by IP address, and that the way UK IP addresses are assigned means that they're not as well defined geographically compared to the US. I think you'll just have to give it a go and see what happens. I suspect you have more luck with cities than in the country. @T_media - is Kingston Communications still the dominate telco in Hull? Perhaps that's why you've found it to be accurate.
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T_Media
msg:3631532 | 2:42 pm on Apr 21, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, karoo still completely owns all the telephone systems here - so it kinda makes it easy to target. But still, I've been successful when targeting areas outside of hull like s#*$!horpe, Grimsby and Beverley.
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T_Media
msg:3631533 | 2:44 pm on Apr 21, 2008 (gmt 0) |
my god, when will filtering software ever learn that S C U N T H O R P E is a town and not a rude word.
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