Samizdata - 7:08 pm on Oct 31, 2007 (gmt 0)

I have a .uk domain that targets all English speakers on the planet.

It has always used META tags to indicate that the language is English and that distribution is global.

There is no equivalent option to say this in Google Webmaster Tools, and only TLDs such as .com and .org can choose their target audience (and then only by restricting to one specific country as far as I can see).

Last week google.com demoted my site from page one - where it has been since 1998 - to nowheresville.

I wonder if these events are related...