Huge discrepancies on multiple languages for same ranking

factor 100 lower clicks for #1 positions in different languages

[AcsCh]

We have recently found a strange pattern in our stats. (webalizer, phpopentracker,sawmill)
adding dutch to our english site we found the following:

#1 in Google for KeyWord_Dutch -> 30 clicks
#1 in Google for KeyWord_English -> 2 clicks
#1 in Google for KeyWord_German -> 3 clicks

Keywords are all the same, just in the respective languages. (Example, not these :-) Spanje, Spain, Spanien) pretty simple straight forward Keywords in a niche market, not very

Overture inventory gives for example for a same keyword:
KW_english : 2000 searches
KW_german : 900 searches
KW_dutch : 90 searches

There should be more than 10 times more clicks for german or english keywords than dutch, but the dutch are the ones having 10 times more...

We are aware that there might be (significant) differences between the languages in use of specific (literaly) translated keywords, but this is over hundreds of Keywords we are tracking, not just one single one, and constant, dutch giving faar more clicks.

Different log analysis software gives same results. The visitor numbers are matching the Referer number and keywordcount withhin a reasonable amount, seams not to be the problem, that a part of the logfile is not analized..

Anybody experience the same? Any hints what might be the reason?

[zgb999]

From which country did you check your positions in Google?

If you see yourself as #1 in Google that does not mean you are #1 in the countries using that language.

[AcsCh]

Do you mean, that google will show you different results on google.COM with (for example) dutch language preference setting *depending* if you search from the US, UK, or NL?

We've just checked some of the keywords via Proxy servers, and got the same results. (evidently with and without using the local google site.) Same results. But The bulk we check evidently with automatic tools. SEC and WPG.

[zgb999]

If you use google.com from New York you will get different results than if you use it from Holland. Usually a dutch site should be ranked better if you use Google in Holland but there are also cases where a dutch site might rank worse.