How does the Google UK filter work?

google.co.uk results not mirroring .com

[Myron]

Well, I'm assuming the dance is over but I'm confused that the google.co.uk results do not mirror the google.com results.

Specifically, I'm #2 for my main keyword phrase, I have a UK site physically sitting in Docklands [London, for those that don't know :-)], yet I'm only #3 if you search for the same keyword using "pages from the UK".

Can anyone offer an explanation?

[tigger]

Hi Myron

Welcome to WebmasterWorld

Ok I'll do my best as far as I know these are the points Google.co.uk ranks UK websites

co.uk domain
UK Hosting
UK Contact address

Also I don't know if having links from other UK websites help

[glengara]

What about your/their DMOZ cat, are you/they in main/regional/both?

[IanTurner]

Myron,

Has the site above you got a double entry on .co.uk filtered results?

[ciml]

Myron, I think I see what you see, and I'm getting excited.

There appears to be a ranking difference for UK searches, as well as the filter.

Either that or one the Fresh listings make it look that way, but it's the same server on www.google.co.uk giving different results with &meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB so I don't think it's the Everflux.

[Myron]

Thanks for the friendly and speedy responses to my first post everyone. :)

co.uk domain
UK Hosting
UK Contact address

I have all of the above.

I don't know if having links from other UK websites help

links: "www.mydomain.co.uk" gives me 548 links, mostly UK, while links: "www.rivaldomain.co.uk" gives 19.

What about your/their DMOZ cat, are you/they in main/regional/both?

We're both only in the Regional: Europe: UK category.

Has the site above you got a double entry on .co.uk filtered results?

No, but my site does have a double entry on both google.co.uk and .com.

[Myron]

I think I see what you see, and I'm getting excited.

I think I'd be excited too if I could only work out a way to use this "feature" to my advantage and jump up a place to my rightful #2 spot! ;)

[stevew]

Very strange.

For the last two months, we've been ranked at #5 and #8 on the Web for a term with 1.3m listings. The listing was for the home page.
For the UK, we were ranked #1 and 2, then #3 and 4 out of 100,000. The highest listing was the home page, with the relevant content page tucked in behind.

Today, we're still #3 and 4 in the UK.
But for the Web, we're at #34 (yes, thirty four!). And the home page listing has disappeared, to be replaced by the relevant content page.

Have things changed so we're looking at a different logic for the UK listings?

Any ideas anyone?

[Total Paranoia]

I am seeing very different results too here in the UK:

On google.com I have a #3 on google.co.uk #1 (searching "the web")

for another site I am seeing UK version page not listed and the .com version #1

Strange but true

[stevew]

... and now ...

The Web ranking of #8 has re-appeared, and the #34 ranking has slipped to #39.

The Dance is supposed to be over, so what's all that about?