Meranda - 3:55 pm on Dec 30, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hi
I have a site where the .com (hosted in UK) was ranking very well in uk and www pages.

I have been hit and where I rank no 2-4 in www pages, I am now number 60ish in uk pages - until yesterday I always maintained rankings in top 6 of .co.uk pages and www for many searches. The site is uk based, focued and has more links in from .co.uk sites than .com

I do also own the .co.uk of the same domain, and have a different site - much smaller - but older than the .com - it has the same theme, but no duplicate content etc... and has always enjoyed similar rankings bobbing about around the .com in serps. It is hosted with a different compnay, but the who is details are the same.

Having read all the interesting post above I am wondering if there could be any releveance in the following:
My .co.uk links the .com - from the home page only, and does feed a substancial amount of traffic across.
the .co.uk is ranking in both www and .co.uk pages - could the .com have been knocked out of the top .co.uk because it has been recognised that the .co.uk is linking to it and is a similar theme - same who is data and therfore deming the sites as one?

I am sure that there isn't a community issue - just one link - but could traffic transfer together with whois have made .com fall so badly in .co.uk results?