2by4 - 6:47 pm on Feb 20, 2006 (gmt 0)

More importantly, are you blocking all google cookies? If you aren't you are essentially 'logged into your google account'.

In almost every thread that failure to see expected search results occurs, and this is mentioned, there is a long silence and then the subject tends to fall off.

this is SEO 101, beginners stuff, but it seems to still catch a large number of search engine interested people. Use firefox, it's easier to block google cookies with its cookie blocker. Make sure to do your searches from google.com, not from the search box in your browser.

However, with all this in mind, yes, they do geotarget, they experiment with it, but how much seems to vary.

Take care of the above steps then do the tests again and let's see how much was customized results and how much was geotargetting.