UK_Web_Guy - 10:03 pm on Feb 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

Whilst i can see some benefit for products/services that are regionally specific - I'm not convinced that Google is simply using location of sites hosting to determine whether or not a site is UK targeted - hence showing it as high on .co.uk searches as they do on .com searches.

I have seen a few UK hosted sites, not on .co.uk domains that are now not showing well on "the web" searches on google.co.uk

GoogleGuy if you are around, maybe you could chip in with the official word on what enhancement has been made to google.co.uk on this subject and what webmasters must do to stand a chance of their content being served to UK surfers - obviously if they have a valid claim that it should be.

In the past to show on "uk pages" searches you had to either have a .co.uk domain or have your site hosted in the UK - this doesn't seem to be the case anymore for any search on google.co.uk - regardless of whether "the web" or "uk pages" is selected.