Hissingsid - 7:38 am on Jun 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

I'm mentioning Google.co.uk in this general .com thread because I think it may be worthwhile within the general discussion.

I'm wondering if Google.co.uk is being used as a test bed. A few weeks ago we had the mini site links that now seem to have gone. Now I'm noticing one or two sites that come at #1 with a local map for products that have a national spread. One in particular I would not expect to be at #1 for the particular term, after analysis of their pages and backlinks, but they do operate within the niche and would rightfully be #1 for semantically similar terms.

I can't find this site on Google.com in the top 100 for the term that they are #1 with a local map on Google.co.uk.

It almost looks like they bought the space.

Am I missing something?

Cheers

Sid