UK vs Web SERPS

Difference in UK vs Web results

[haggul]

On my UK based .com site (hosted in Telehouse, verified using online tool) which has always enjoyed decent results recently it's slipped a lot on UK only SERPS.

When I check the number of pages indexed for the whole web it shows 110,000+ and for the UK it shows less than 1000.

Strangely enough the pages that show on the UK are all from a certain sub dir of the site, plus the home page and that is about it.

We do use the Google Sitemaps also which we have been since they were first launched to be honest, but this is a recent downturn in indexed pages.

[engine]

The sitemap is simply a method to enable spidering, and should have nothing to do with the geotargeting.

So, what's happening is Google is not seeing your site as a UK site, for some reason.
I'd check the IP again if I were you, it's not as exact as you might imagine. I have seen some domain registrars with a non UK IP affecting the serps.

[RichardK]

It does sound strange and I agree with engine. There's a Tools section on ditigal point dot com which allows you to check geolocation.

On a related note - I have a .com site hoted in Canada which I now realise was a mistake. We rank well on general web searches (g.com and y.com) but really badly on g.co.uk (country specific search) which is a country that our products are highly relevant for (say 60/70% of potential business). I'm considering moving to a UK host. In your view:

* will this adversely affect my good g.com and y.com rankings?
* should I be changing to a .co.uk domain?

Thanks

[yves1]

RichardK,
You don't hav to change your domain name to co.uk, just host your site in the UK.

[RichardK]

Thanks Yves1 - assuming I move the .com to be hosted in the UK (with a good respected host) does your or anyone elses experience suggest this will affect my current rankings in g.com and y.com?

Thanks

[yves1]

There should be no effects on your ranking in g.com. For yahoo I'm not sure.

[RichardK]

Thanks Yves - Google is where my biggest concern is as they provide a scary 65% of all referrals to this particular site anyhow. I'm trying to focus more on Yahoo these days to bring that figure down as it's too risky for my liking.

I take it you're in France...me to.