Google - pages from the UK

How many people use this option in Google?

[ulstrup]

Seems like competition is about 1/10 for UK sites compared to "the web" searches.

Just wanted to know if anyone is using it.

[Fighting Falcon]

I always use it when searching for UK sites. Its odd though that google doesn't show uk filtered results by default. Afterall they are using google.co.uk domain instead of the com.
:)

Fighting Falcon

[IanTurner]

In general we see about 30% of google visitors comoing from google.co.uk with the majority of these finding the sites with UK Sites Only.

[engine]

When I use G.co.uk I always select that option. I agree, frustrating it's not by default.

[makemetop]

Yes, similar figures to Ian's. About a third using .co.uk and most of those using UK filter.

[Serio]

We see around 40% coming from .co.uk - again most using pages from the uk.

[Fighting Falcon]

How does one tell if the site's visitor has used the "uk" filter? I mean ok they came from google.co.uk but whether they chose the uk filter or not....?

cheers

[makemetop]

Look for the portion of the referral string which says "meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB"

[mack]

anyone have any ideas why it is not default?

[HenryUK]

Around 55% from .co.uk - and it seems to be on the rise - last month .com provided more.

[veritysystems]

I use it especially for shopping sites.

[markd]

I think the reason it is not 'default' is also due to the fact many 'UK sites' actually use a .com domain.

[veritysystems]

But using 'UK sites' does not always filter to only .co.uk domains!

[IanTurner]

No UK Only sites also filters for .coms hosted on UK IP addresses (which is very useful).

[4eyes]

It would be nice if Yahoogle UK did the same thing.

They dump the .coms as being 'foriegn' regardless of where they are hosted:(

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