Then I asked for a dedicated UK IP number for my site. Got it 17th March. Just noticed yesterday, after a week or do decline in hits, that I wasn't now coming up in the 'UK only' results.
I checked with the ISP and whois, and and my new number is listed as GB all right.
Any clues? Google using old database? New IP = Google takes a few weeks to catch up?
Cheesed off at the mo' :(
#*$!.com/tools/website-country/
Several years ago it took G 5 weeks to pick up my changed hosting/IP, things have improved since then though ;-)
Digital point seems to have been snipped,
i have just had exactly the same problem!
moved IP (dedicated which is irrelevant) and dropped out of G .co.uk results.
i have since put these hobby sites on a dedicated server, now im just waiting for G to catch up.
have you done a reverse DNS?
what tools have you tried?
Dazz
"No PTR records exist for ..." my IP number.
Is that bad?
make sure the reverse DNS is set up correctly (my host never), also ask the host how long ago they bought the IP block, as another member suggested in another thread.
I know Google used to use a few geo companies, but im not sure if they still do and so far cant find out if they still use a third party or their own in-house DB.
It may be the database Google are using is outdated, but in my case it was down to the host not setting things up right, in fact all of the .com sites on my old host's block are out of .co.uk results (with filter)
find out how long the host has had the block.
Reverse DNS reports:"No PTR records exist for ..." my IP number.
Is that bad?
Reverse DNS is only used for some Apps, reverse DNS should always point back to its hostname.
They don't have to re-register them, and some UK hosts are using foreign IPs that were never changed.
May have to revert to the old IP, if this keeps up. Hey ho.
Some IP>country mapping services and companies do not go to the WHOIS or subnet resolution. All they do is to check the delegated lists of IPs (the coarse resolution lists) to generate their IP>country maps. As a result small subnets of sites can end up in being classified with the wrong country.
IPs are not bought and sold as such. They are allocated by the ISP or RIPE etc. Sometimes the ISP or hoster may not bother filling out a new RIPE application for the group of IPs and they will still appear as being from the same country as the ISP or hoster.
Regards...jmcc
Hi J, no it was an east coast one, not sure if they'd bother to have have changed them without my input though :-(
If they don't fix it, I suppose I'll ask my web host to move it back to the old IP.
1. I don't understand.
2. If Google does use Geo-location to check the IP number, how would that help?
Hi J, no it was an east coast one, not sure if they'd bother to have have changed them without my input though
Regards...jmcc
Wouldnt you get round this whole problem by just hosting your DNS on a UK server, and having the nameservers pointing to your site host, wherever you want it to be?
Regards...jmcc
You might consider splitting your site, and putting the high bandwidth stuff on a foreign server, while keeping the pages Google likes on a UK/Eire server.
I did it with a site that has popular chat rooms. Bought another domain name, pointed it to the same directory as the main domain name, reconfigured the rooms to match the new domain, and moved the main domain to the UK.
The only thing is: cookies. They can only be retrieved by the domain that sets them. Could cause you headaches.
As my rooms aren't that important, I was happy to leave them on another server. My shop, for example, had to move, as it uses cookies.
Bit if a fiddle, but worth it. You just need to think it through.
